continental divides

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Definition of continental divides in English Turkish dictionary

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continental divide

kıta bölüm çizgisi

continental divide

kıta bölmek

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Definition of continental divides in English English dictionary

plural form of continental divide

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continental divide

A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travel to separate bodies of water

Continental Divide

A series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico that forms the watershed of North America. Most of it runs along peaks of the Rocky Mountains and is often called the Great Divide in the United States. An extensive stretch of high ground from each side of which the river systems of a continent flow in opposite directions. the Continental Divide the Great Divide the chain of high mountains that goes from north to south in North America. They divide the rivers which flow into the Pacific Ocean from those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. Most notable watershed of the North American continent. The mountains comprising it extend generally north-south, thus dividing the continent's principal drainage into waters flowing eastward (e.g., into Hudson Bay in Canada or the Mississippi River in the U.S.) and waters flowing westward (into the Pacific Ocean). Most of the divide runs along the crest of the Rocky Mountains, through British Columbia in Canada and through the states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico in the U.S. Its central point is Colorado, where it has many peaks above 13,000 ft (3,962 m). It continues southward into Mexico, roughly paralleling the Sierra Madre, and into Central America

continental divide

An imaginary boundary line that runs north-south along the crest of the Rocky Mountains, separating river and drainages that flow west to the Pacific Ocean from those that flow south and east to the Gulf of Mexico

continental divide

a ridge or other elevated area that determines the direction of flow of waters running off adjacent drainage basins and the region of the world ocean into which they empty The Eastern Continental Divide separates land draining to the Atlantic from that draining to the Gulf of Mexico

continental divide

the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges)

continental divide

An imaginary line dividing watersheds that feed oceans on opposite sides of the continent

continental divide

In North America, the continuous ridge of mountain summits dividing the continent into two main drainage areas On one side, rivers and streams flow west to the Pacific Ocean; on the other side, rivers and streams flow northeast to Hudson Bay or Southeast to the Gulf of Mexico

continental divide

the line of summits in the Rocky Mountains that separate streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and Pacific from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean

continental divide

is the line in North America that separates the waters which flow into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific

continental divide

The line of high ground that separates the oceanic drainage basins of a continent; the river systems of a continent on opposite sides of a continental divide flow toward different oceans

continental divide

n the highest continuous line on a continent, does not necessarily include the highest peaks In North America, rain that falls on the west side of this divide flows to the Pacific Ocean and rain that falls on the east side flows into the Atlantic Ocean

Hyphenation

Con·ti·nen·tal divides

Turkish pronunciation

käntınentıl dîvaydz

Pronunciation

/ˌkäntəˈnentəl dəˈvīdz/ /ˌkɑːntəˈnɛntəl dɪˈvaɪdz/