Phrase guide
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name
An unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A continental divide in the Americas to the west of which water drains into the Pacific Ocean, and to the east of which it flows variously into the Atlantic or Arctic Ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Great Divide
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noun
A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.
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noun
the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: watershed, water parting, divide
History
Named after a continental divide.
Across languages
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