Continental Divide (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent.
  2. (in North America) the line of summits of the Rocky Mountains, separating streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Arctic Ocean.
noun
  1. the watershed of a continent, esp (often caps.) the principal watershed of North America, formed by the Rocky Mountains
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