continental divide

Noun
  1. The watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico) (synset 108697300)
    domain region: north america - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
    is a type of: divide, water parting, watershed - a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
    has: great divide - that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States

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