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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.
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Why does Antarctica not have a Continental Divide?
It does not have liquid water.
Does Asia have a continental divide?
Yes, Asia has a continental divide known as the Ural Mountains which separate Europe and Asia. This divide is important because it marks the boundary between the two continents.
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 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.
When was The Continental Divide - album - created?
The Continental Divide - album - was created in 2009.
What in The rockies determines the direction that rivers flow?
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".
Are there continental glaciers in Alaska?
No, the only continental glaciers are in Greenland and Antarctica.
