I really need to be more careful posting in these
forums. Oops!
correction "Boards" (As Rich said it's one Forum that contains numerous boards!
I just liked the sound of the term "Continental Divide", and was purposely using it to describe something else. That being said, I can guarantee at the time I couldn't have given it the definition that was poste here.
So... I'll take my lumps.
I'm having a real bad time expressing myself these past few days.
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Definitions of Continental Divide on the Web:
The line of high ground that separates the oceanic drainage basins of a continent; the river systems of a continent on opposite sides of a continental divide flow toward different oceans.
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/GEO/glossary.htm
An imaginary line dividing watersheds that feed oceans on opposite sides of the continent.
whyfiles.org/018forest_fire/glossary.html
a ridge or other elevated area that determines the direction of flow of waters running off adjacent drainage basins and the region of the world ocean into which they empty. The Eastern Continental Divide separates land draining to the Atlantic from that draining to the Gulf of Mexico.
www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG202/physprov/geolglos.html
n. the highest continuous line on a continent, does not necessarily include the highest peaks. In North America, rain that falls on the west side of this divide flows to the Pacific Ocean and rain that falls on the east side flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
www.nps.gov/brca/Geodetect/index%20pages%20&%20glossary%20&%20chest/glossary/Glossary.htm
the line of summits in the Rocky Mountains that separate streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and Pacific from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay and the Arctic Ocean.
www.pnl.gov/atmos_sciences/Cdw/Glossary.html
In North America, the continuous ridge of mountain summits dividing the continent into two main drainage areas. On one side, rivers and streams flow west to the Pacific Ocean; on the other side, rivers and streams flow northeast to Hudson Bay or Southeast to the Gulf of Mexico.
www.floodmaster.ca/glossary.html
is the line in North America that separates the waters which flow into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific.
www2.parkscanada.gc.ca/parks/alberta/waterton_lakes/english/dictionary_e.html
An imaginary boundary line that runs north-south along the crest of the Rocky Mountains, separating river and drainages that flow west to the Pacific Ocean from those that flow south and east to the Gulf of Mexico.
www.bwcd.org/waterterms.html
the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges)
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
A division of applications,snippets,games, written in DarkBasic, that are posted on certain countries websites while not in others.
www.IMadeitUp.ZenassemIsGuilty.com
