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English noun: continental divide

1. continental divide (location) the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)


Broader (hypernym)divide, water parting, watershed


Part holonymGreat Divide


Domain regionNorth America









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