Continental Divide

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The Continental Divide is the principal hydrological divide of the Americas, separating waters that flow to the Pacific Ocean from those that flow to the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
hydrological divide
watershed divide
alsoKnownAs Great Divide
linked to: Continental Divide
continent Americas
countryTraversed Argentina
Bolivia
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
United States
crossedBy Continental Divide Trail
Interstate 70
Trans-Canada Highway
extendsFrom Bering Strait
extendsTo Strait of Magellan
followsMountainRange Andes
Rocky Mountains
geologicalContext formed primarily by uplift of major mountain chains
hasNotablePass Loveland Pass
Marias Pass
Monarch Pass
South Pass
highestPoint Mount Elbert
highestPointLocatedIn Colorado
influences river drainage patterns in the Americas
locatedIn North America
South America
partOf global continental divide system
relatedDivide Eastern Continental Divide
linked to: Continental Divide

Northern Divide
separates Arctic slope
Atlantic slope
Pacific slope
separatesDrainageBasins Arctic drainage basin
Atlantic drainage basin
Pacific drainage basin
separatesWatersFlowingTo Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
significance determines ultimate ocean destination of surface runoff in much of the Americas

How these facts were elicited

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Oregon Trail crosses Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains forms Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Rocky Mountain National Park contains Continental Divide
Rocky Mountain National Park crossedBy Continental Divide
U.S. Route 34 crosses Continental Divide
Sawatch Range traversedBy Continental Divide
Catron County, New Mexico contains Continental Divide (segment)
linked to: Continental Divide
Continental Divide alsoKnownAs Great Divide
linked to: Continental Divide
Continental Divide relatedDivide Eastern Continental Divide
linked to: Continental Divide
South Pass crosses Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel passesUnder Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnel isOn Continental Divide
Mount Columbia isPartOf Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Colorado-Big Thompson Project crossesUnder Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Marias Pass crosses Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
U.S. Bicycle Route 76 crossesFeature Continental Divide
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem spans continental divide
linked to: Continental Divide
Trail Ridge Road traverses Continental Divide
Crown of the Continent Ecosystem containsFeature Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Grand Lake, Colorado locatedNear Continental Divide
Going-to-the-Sun Road crosses Continental Divide
Great Basin–Pacific watershed divide region partOf North American continental divide system
linked to: Continental Divide
West Glacier locatedNear Continental Divide
Gaillard Cut crosses Continental Divide
Butte, Montana near Continental Divide
Milner Pass crosses Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Wind River Range contains Continental Divide
Wind River Range traversedBy Continental Divide
Pacific Ocean drainage basin borderedBy Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Peak 7 hasView Continental Divide
Michael Apted directed Continental Divide
Genesee Mountain hasViewOf Continental Divide
subject linked to: Genesee Mountain, Colorado
Lookout Mountain, Colorado, United States hasViewOf Continental Divide (distant view)
linked to: Continental Divide
U.S. Route 12 crosses Continental Divide
Dercum Mountain hasViewOf Continental Divide
Sunshine Village locatedOn Continental Divide
Columbia Icefield partOf Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Independence Pass crosses Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Independence Pass isOn Continental Divide
Grays Peak isHighestPointOf Continental Divide in North America south of Wyoming
linked to: Continental Divide
Grays Peak liesOn Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Cottonwood Pass crosses Continental Divide
Cottonwood Pass locatedOn Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Yellowhead Pass crosses Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Clear Creek sourceLocation Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains
linked to: Continental Divide
Monarch Pass crosses Continental Divide of the Americas
linked to: Continental Divide
Arapaho National Forest offersViewOf Continental Divide