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continental divide

drainage divide that separates the major drainage systems of a continent, such as the Great Divide in North America
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continental divide

Summary

continental divide ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,911 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • continental divide is a type of main watershed[2].
  • continental divide is a type of drainage divide[3].
  • continental divide's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tributaries by ocean[4].
  • continental divide's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000293[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include main watershed[2] and drainage divide[3].

Why It Matters

continental divide ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,911 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Mxn · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → main watershed, drainage divide
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Tributaries by ocean
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q152005]]"
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