the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one cean]] or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea.
例句与用法
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The crests of the rocky mountains are known as the continental divide . 落矶山脉的峰峦有“大陆分水岭”之称。
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The rockies , the backbone of the north american continent , is also known as the continental divide 落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被成为大陆分水岭。
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The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the north american rockies that divides the waters flowingsintosthe atlantic ocean from those flowingsintosthe pacific 大陆分水岭是指北美洛矶山脉上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开来。
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The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the north american rockies that divides the waters flowing into the atlantic ocean from those flowing into the pacific 大陆分水岭是指北美洛矶山脉上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开来。
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The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the north american rockies that divides the waters flowing into the atlantic ocean from those flowing into the pacific 大陆分水岭是指北美落基山脉上的一道想象线，该线把大西洋流域和太平洋流域区分开来。
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" continental divide " , in short , the rainwater or snowmelt will go into either the pacific ocean or the atlantic ocean depends on which side of the mountain it falls or flows 我们必须越过美国大陆洛矶山脉分水岭以到达另一个景点.看这指示牌就能了解为何它叫大陆分水岭,总之,雨水或雪水流入太平洋大西洋,就看它落在山的哪一边了
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