单词 | continental divide |
释义 | > as lemmascontinental divide continental divide n. a divide separating two river systems of a continent; spec. the divide in North America separating rivers flowing into the Atlantic from those flowing into the Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > boundary Wallace line1868 continental divide1869 timberline1896 tree-limit1934 1869 W. J. Palmer Surv. across Continent 171 The great Continental Divide at Arkansas Pass. 1890 Trans. Royal Soc. Canada 1889 7 ii. 130 They..reached the continental ‘divide’ on February 25th. 1890 Cent. Mag. Mar. 771/1 In central Colorado the ‘Continental Divide’ is a wilderness of desolate peaks. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 65 On the eastern side of the Continental Divide in Colorado. < as lemmas |
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