Continental Divide of the Americas - Wikipedia
WEBThe Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide; Spanish: Divisoria continental de América, Gran Divisoria) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas.
Continental Divide | Rocky Mountains, watershed, US-Canada
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Continental Divide, fairly continuous ridge of north-south–trending mountain summits in western North America which divides the continent’s principal drainage into that flowing eastward (either to Hudson Bay in Canada or, chiefly, to the Mississippi and Rio Grande rivers in the United States) and.
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail - Rocky Mountain …
WEBIn the park, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail route does not entirely travel the actual Divide, however the most breathtaking section is above treeline, consisting of high peaks and fragile alpine tundra.
List of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide
WEBCoordinates: 38°38′45″N 106°24′32″W. This is a list of Rocky Mountain passes on the Continental Divide of the Americas.
Continental divide - Wikipedia
WEBIt runs from the western tip of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska, through western Canada along the crest of the Rocky Mountains, including through Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park, to New Mexico.
Continental Divide - WorldAtlas
WEBApr 23, 2021 · The Continental Divide of the Americas, also known as the Great Divide or the Western Continental Divide, is a large mountainous divide that passes through most of the continents of North America and South America, extending from the Bering Strait to the Strait of Magellan.
Great Divide - Colorado Encyclopedia
WEBThe Continental Divide is a geologic crest running through Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Rivers on the west slope of the divide drain into the Pacific Ocean, and water on the east slope drains into the Atlantic.
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail - US Forest Service
WEBFrom the deserts of New Mexico to the alpine peaks of the northern Rockies, the Continental Divide Trail winds its way through the stunning and diverse landscapes of the central United States, a ribbon that ties together many of the defining moments and movements in our nation’s history.
Gateway to the West: National Historic Trails Across the Continental Divide
WEBDec 11, 2020 · The Rocky Mountains stretch like a jagged spine between Alaska and Mexico, splitting North America into East and West. The Continental Divide is not a simple line of peaks, easily threaded by tracks and roads, but a complex of overlapping mountain ranges and treeless sagebrush steppe, hundreds of miles wide.
Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and Continental Divide
WEBThe Continental Divide is an imaginary line that runs the length of the highest point in the Rockies. Rivers on the east side of the divide--the Missouri, the Platte, the Arkansas--flow downward toward the Atlantic Ocean.