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Antarctica is considered not to have any continental divide. It gets very little precipitation except as snow and the ice streams all flow into the Southern Ocean.
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Why does Antarctica not have a Continental Divide?
It does not have liquid water.
What is the dividing line between atlantic and pacific watersheds?
Continental Divide is the drainage that divides sea or ocean. The Great Divide or the Continental Divide of the Americas is the division of the Pacific Ocean watersheds from the Atlantic and Arctic.
Are there continental glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
What is the continetal divide?
Each continent has it's own continental divide that runs roughly through the center of a continent. In North America, the continental divide starts in Alaska, runs through the Rocky Mountains, and Mexico all the way to South America. In South America, the continental divide connects with the divide of North America and then continues south through the Andes Mountains until Tierra Del Fuego. Continental divides typically go through the tallest mountains on a continent and the European divide runs through the Alps while the Asian divide runs through the Himalayas.
What does the continental divide separate?
the continental divide is a natural boundary in the USA that separates waters that flow into the Atlantic Ocean from those that flow into the Pacific Ocean. Also known as Great divide.
Why does Antarctica not have a Continental Divide?
It does not have liquid water.
Does Asia have a continental divide?
yes, every continent except Antarctica has a continental divide. I am unclear on the details of the Asian divide though.
Why doesn't Antarctica have a Continental Divide?
A continental divide separates the sources of water that flow into different oceans from the same continent. Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet: there is no water flowing from its mountain peaks. Plus, the single ocean that surrounds Antarctica is the Southern Ocean. Seen another way, Antarctica's ice sheet is made up of moving glaciers that all flow downhill into the southern Ocean, regardless of which side of the Trans-Antarctic mountains the glacier flows from. So, it may be academic that Antarctica does or does not have a continental divide: semantics may win this argument.
Why is the continental divide?
Why Is The Continental Divide Important
What mountain range forms from one continent to antarctica?
You may be thinking of the spine of the Continental Divide of the Americas, which serves to drain geography to two different oceans: the Atlantic and the Pacific. However, Antarctica has no continental divide. The distance between the tip of Argentina and the Antarctic Peninsula -- Drake Passage -- may be the image you're attempting to describe.
Why continental divide important?
Why Is The Continental Divide Important
Why is the Continental Divide is important?
Why Is The Continental Divide Important
What is the dividing line between atlantic and pacific watersheds?
Continental Divide is the drainage that divides sea or ocean. The Great Divide or the Continental Divide of the Americas is the division of the Pacific Ocean watersheds from the Atlantic and Arctic.
What in The rockies determines the direction that rivers flow?
Continental Divide
When was The Continental Divide - album - created?
The Continental Divide - album - was created in 2009.
Which continental Landmass has no countries?
Antarctica
Are there continental glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
