Drainage divide
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A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographic
A minor drainage divide south of Buckeye, Arizona. Both branches flow to the Gila River.
The Continental Divide of the Americas is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas. The Continental Divide extends from the Bering Strait to the Strait of Magellan,
Drainage divide
…Drainage divides can be divided into three types: Continental divides in which waters on each side flow to different oceans, such as the Continental Divide of the Americas and the Congo-Nile Divide. Major drainage divides in which waters on each side of the divide never meet but flow into the same ocean, such as the divide…
The Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado, taken from the International Space Station in October 2008
Grays Peak, at 4,352 m (14,278 ft), is the highest point of the Continental Divide in North America.
The Parting of the Waters in the Teton Wilderness, where one fork flows into the Pacific Ocean and the other flows into the Atlantic Ocean
The Continental Divide Trail often remains above the treeline and on the Divide, providing unobstructed views along its route.