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.

All labels observed (17)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

Referenced by (113)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Pie Town, New Mexico → nearbyFeature → Continental Divide ⓘ
Top of the Rockies Scenic Byway → offersViewOf → Continental Divide ⓘ