What is a Continental Divide and where is one in the US?

Answer 1

The continental divide is a mountain chain extending from Canada all the way to Tierra del Fuego. It was formed when the Pacific Plate collided with and subsequently rose up onto the several plates adjoining it to the east. It is located in the western third of the United States, and generally from north to south parallelling the Pacific coastline. It is known as a "divide" because it separates major river drainages which empty into the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. Type your answer here...

Answer 2

A continental divide is a place where rain falls on 1 side and goes to that side's ocean while rain falling on the other side eventually makes it to the other side's ocean. Canada has a divide that goes to three places.

Answer 3

The Continental Divide is a high ledge that seperates the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean

The Continental divide is the line where rivers stop running into the Pacific Ocean and start running into the Atlantic Ocean. In the U.S. it runs along the Rocky Mountains.

Answer 4

The Rocky Mountains.