continental divide

English

Continental divides in North America

Noun

continental divide (plural continental divides)

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

Translations

elevated terrain dividing a watershed

Spanish: divisoria continental

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