Meaning | A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems. |
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Synonyms | watershed, divide |
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Instances | Great Divide | That part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States |
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Narrower | continental divide | The watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico) |
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Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
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Spanish | divisoria, línea divisoria, parteaguas |
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Catalan | divisòria, línia de crestes, línia divisòria |
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