kıta bölmek

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Definition of kıta bölmek in Turkish English dictionary

continental divide

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

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

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

the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges)

An imaginary line dividing watersheds that feed oceans on opposite sides of the continent

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

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

is the line in North America that separates the waters which flow into the Atlantic Ocean from those flowing into the Pacific

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

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

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kı·ta böl·mek