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It does not have liquid water.

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Q: Why does Antarctica not have a Continental Divide?
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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.


What is Continental Divide of Antarctica?

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.


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.


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.


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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.


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