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continental drainage divide

A line of elevated terrain that separates two or more watersheds emptying into oceans or other bodies of water on different sides of the continent.


drainage divide

The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.

Modified from Glossary of Geology, 4th Edition, 1997, American Geological Institute.

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