What does a continental divide represent?

Answer 1

The "Continental Divide"separates the Atlantic and Pacific watersheds.The continental divide (on any continent) is the place where rain falling on one side would go to the ocean on one side (the Pacific Ocean in the case of North America) and rain on the other side would eventually make its way to the other side of the continent (the Atlantic Ocean). Canada has a somewhat unique continental divide, as water has three destinations: the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Arctic oceans. There are actually six continental divides in North America.

Answer 2

A raised area of terrain, usually mountainous, which causes water to flow to different locations. In the United States, the continental divide is known as the "Great Divide", and runs from Alaska through Mexico, and causes water to drain to either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.

Answer 3

The Continental Divide is a line running along the highest ridge of the Rocky Mountains. All rivers starting in the mountains east of the line flow toward the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. All rivers that start west of the Continental Divide drain into the Pacific.

Answer 4

A continental divide is defined as a natural boudary that influences the flow of water from rivers, rainfall, snowmelt so that the water flow on each side of the divide flows into two different oceans. Continental divides can be a mountain ridge (such as the Andes in South America) or as low-lying as a highland that disects a continent.

Most continents have a continental ridge although Antartica, which receives very little precipation and is completely surrounded by one ocean, the Southern Ocean, does not strictly meet the definition of having a continental divide. However, the Transantarctic Mountains in Antartica still serve to divide the flow of streams in East Antarctica from those in West Antartica.

North America has several continental divide but the most famous divide is known as the Great Divide. The Great Divide, which is also referred to as the Continental Divide of the Americas, is the line separating the flow toward the Pacific Ocean from the flow towards the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

In Africa, the Congo-Nile Divide separates water flow into the Atlantic Ocean from those waterways that flow into the Indian ocean.

Answer 5

A continental divide is defined as a natural boundary that influences the flow of water from rivers, rainfall, snowmelt so that the water flow on each side of the divide flows into two different oceans. Continental divides can be a mountain ridge (such as the Andes in South America) or as low-lying as a highland that disects a continent.

Most continents have a continental ridge although Antartica, which receives very little precipation and is completely surrounded by one ocean, the Southern Ocean, does not strictly meet the definition of having a continental divide. However, the Transantarctic Mountains in Antartica still serve to divide the flow of streams in East Antarctica from those in West Antartica.

North America has several continental divides but the most famous divide is known as the Great Divide. The Great Divide, which is also referred to as the Continental Divide of the Americas, is the line separating the flow toward the Pacific Ocean from the flow towards the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

In Africa, the Congo-Nile Divide separating what flows into the Atlantic Ocean and those flowing into the Indian Ocean.

Answer 6

Canada has four continental divides. It has the Great Continental Divide that starts in Alaska and then goes through British Colombia and Alberta. It has the Arctic Divide that is north of Hudson Bay in Nunavut and Northwest Territories and connects to the Great Divide at Snow Dome. The third continental divide in Canada is the Laurentian which starts at Triple Divide Peak and winds through Canada, dips into Montana and Minnesota, then goes northward of Lake Superior through Ontario and Quebec to the Labrador Sea. The fourth is the St. Laurence which includes all of the Great Lakes.

Answer 7

A continental divide represents the point at which water either flows toward one ocean or another. It marks the separation of drainage basins, with water on one side flowing into one ocean and water on the other side flowing into a different ocean.

Answer 8

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