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continental divide

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
con-ti-nen-tal -di-vide
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

An unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

name

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.

Etymology

Named after a continental divide.

Inflected Forms

continental divides (plural)

Phrases

Continental Divide Great Divide Laurentian Divide

Frequently Paired Words

Continental Divide Great Divide Laurentian Divide

Synonyms

Great Divide

Questions

What does continental divide mean?
A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.
Where does continental divide come from?
Named after a continental divide.

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