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What are the west rivers of the continental divide?
The Columbia and the Colorado, are both west of the Continental Divide.
What was formed by the Rocky Mountains and separates rivers flowing east and west in North America?
The Continental divide is located in the rocky Mountains and when you travel east to west or west to east you will see a sign in the rocky Mountains that says "you have reached the Continental divide".
What does continental divide means?
In the USA, the "continental divide" is the Rocky Mountains range of mountains. East of that, all rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. West of the "Continental Divide", rivers flow west into the Pacific Ocean.
What does the continental divide mean?
The continental divide is an imaginary line that separates the direction in which water flows on the North American continent. Water on one side of the divide flows towards one ocean, while water on the other side flows towards a different ocean.
Does the Continental Divide allow rivers to flow only east or west?
Rivers Flow east to west :]
Where do rivers flow when flowing west of the Continental divide?
pacific
Whick US ridge separates east-flowing rivers from west-flowing rivers?
Its the continental divide. that is what is says in my textbook for school.Continental divide
What extends from Alaska to New Mexico and divides rivers that flow east from rivers that flow west?
Continental divide.
Is Continental Divide located west of the Appalachian mountains?
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What separates rivers that flow east from those that flow west in North America?
The ross sea
What group of mountains are the source of many rivers in the west?
The rocky mountains are the greatest source of rivers in the west. The rocky mountains form the continental divide.
How does the continental divide in the US affect the drainage of rivers?
Water that falls to the ground west of the continental divide flows to the west to end in the Pacific Ocean.Water that falls to the ground east of the continental divide flows to the east to end in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean.
