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continental divide

continental divide noun: 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.

continental divide: a line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either...
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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.

Proper noun capitalized: Continental Divide

Continental Divide

  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 or Arctic Ocean.
    Synonyms:
    Great Divide

continental divide meaning in Tamil

continental divide in Tamil

கண்ட வடிகால் பிரிவு

Synonyms of continental divide

Forms of continental divide

pluralcontinental divides

Origin of continental divide

Named after a continental divide.

Questions about continental divide

What does continental divide mean?
Continental divide means 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.
What is continental divide in Tamil?
Continental divide in Tamil is கண்ட வடிகால் பிரிவு. See Continental divide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is continental divide?
Continental divide can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of continental divide?
The plural of continental divide is continental divides.

Words near continental divide in the dictionary

  1. continental
  2. continental breakfast
  3. continental breakfasts
  4. continental crust
  5. continental crusts
  6. continental divide
  7. continental divides
  8. continental drift
  9. continental drip
  10. continental Europe
  11. continental glacier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: continental divide (page history and authors); Continental Divide (page history and authors); continental divide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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