continental divide

See also: Continental Divide

English

Continental divides in North America

Noun

continental divide (plural continental divides)

1. A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.

Derived terms

• Continental Divide

 

Translations

elevated terrain dividing a watershed

• Spanish: divisoria continental

See also

• Continental Divide
• Great Divide
• Laurentian Divide