Continental Divide

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Etymology

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Named after a continental divide.

Proper noun

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Continental Divide

North America's continental divides
  1. An unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
  2. A continental divide in the Americas to the west of which water drains into the Pacific Ocean, and to the east of which it flows variously into the Atlantic or Arctic Ocean.
    Synonym: Great Divide