Continental Divide

See also: continental divide

English

Etymology

Named after a continental divide.

Proper noun

Continental Divide

North America's continental divides
  1. An unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
  2. A continental divide in the Americas to the west of which water drains into the Pacific Ocean, and to the east of which it flows variously into the Atlantic, Arctic, or Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean).
    Synonym: Great Divide
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