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A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea. Every continent on earth except Antarctica (which has no known significant, definable free-flowing surface rivers) has at least one continental drainage divide; islands, even small ones like Killiniq Island on the Labrador Sea in Canada, may also host part of a continental divide or have their own island-spanning divide.The endpoints of a continental divide may be coastlines of gulfs, seas or oceans, the boundary of an endorheic basin, or another continental divide. One case, the Great Basin Divide, is a closed loop around a

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  • Divisòria continental (ca)
  • Divisoria continental (es)
  • Continental divide (en)
  • Ligne continentale de partage des eaux (fr)
  • Divisória continental (pt)
  • Континентальный водораздел (ru)
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  • Una divisòria o divisió continental (en anglès, Continental Divide ) és una divisòria, línia geogràfica traçada sobre el terreny, que marca la frontera entre dos vessants hidrogràfiques a escala continental, de manera que les aigües que cauen en un costat de la línia viatgen a un oceà o massa d'aigua, i les aigües de l'altre costat, arriben a un altre, generalment en la part oposada del continent. A causa del fet que la frontera exacta entre les masses d'aigua no està clarament definida, la divisòria continental no sempre és clara per a qualsevol continent. (ca)
  • La ligne continentale de partage des eaux (en anglais : Continental Divide ou Great Divide) est la ligne de partage des eaux délimitant un continent entre ses divers bassins fluviaux qui s'écoulent dans des océans différents. Par exemple, le Chili se situe en majeure partie entre l'Océan pacifique et la ligne continentale de partage des eaux d'Amérique du Sud (fr)
  • Uma divisória continental ou divisão continental é uma divisória de águas — linha geográfica traçada sobre o terreno e que marca a fronteira entre duas bacias hidrográficas à escala continental, de modo a que as águas que escorram de um lado da linha sigam para um oceano ou outro grande corpo de água, e as águas do outro lado cheguem a outro, geralmente na parte oposta do mesmo continente. Devido à fronteira precisa entre os grandes corpos de água não estar claramente definida, a divisória continental nem sempre é clara para vários continentes. A publicação da Organização Hidrográfica Internacional, Limits of Oceans and Seas (Limites dos Oceanos e Mares) define com precisão os limites dos oceanos, mas não é universalmente reconhecida. Além disso, alguns rios desaguam em mares interiores. (pt)
  • A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea. Every continent on earth except Antarctica (which has no known significant, definable free-flowing surface rivers) has at least one continental drainage divide; islands, even small ones like Killiniq Island on the Labrador Sea in Canada, may also host part of a continental divide or have their own island-spanning divide.The endpoints of a continental divide may be coastlines of gulfs, seas or oceans, the boundary of an endorheic basin, or another continental divide. One case, the Great Basin Divide, is a closed loop around a (en)
  • Una divisoria o división continental es una divisoria de aguas —línea geográfica que marca la frontera entre dos vertientes hidrográficas— a escala continental, de modo que las aguas que caen en un lado de la línea viajan a un océano o cuerpo de agua, y las aguas del otro lado, llegan a otro, generalmente en la parte opuesta del continente. Sin embargo, la frontera exacta entre los cuerpos de agua no es siempre fácil de definir, por lo que las divisorias continentales no son claras en todos los continentes. La publicación de la Organización Hidrográfica Internacional «Limits of Oceans and Seas» (Límites de océanos y mares) define los límites de los océanos, si bien ciertas áreas pueden ser arreicas (careciendo entonces de cursos fluviales definidos), y otras presentar ríos que no desemboca (es)
  • Континента́льный водоразде́л (синонимичный термин — материко́вый водоразде́л) — водораздел на континенте, расположенный таким образом, что водосборные бассейны на разных сторонах водораздела связаны с разными океанами, либо один из бассейнов является бессточной областью, не связанной с мировым океаном (например, бассейн Каспийского моря). На каждом континенте Земли, за исключением Антарктиды (где нет известных значительных, определяемых речных водотоков), существует по крайней мере один континентальный водораздел. (ru)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ocean_drainage.png
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