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continental divide
DEFINITIONS OF:
continental divide
1
n
the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
Type of:
divide
,
water parting
,
watershed
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
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