SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -continental divide in North America separating rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean and rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean. Also called the Continental Divide of the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -North America’s Continental Divides – The Great Divide The most famous Continental Divide of the Americas is also called the Great Divide. It separates the watersheds of the Pacific Ocean from those of the Atlantic Ocean. It runs from Alaska, through western Canada along the crest of the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Continental Divide is a line mostly made up of mountains that separates watersheds draining into each of the two major oceans, mainly the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (though parts of the east also run into the Arctic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea).

Detailed explanation-4: -Continental divide. Eastern Continental Divide. Great Basin Divide. Laurentian Divide (Northern Divide) Saint Lawrence River Divide. Triple divide.