The noun CONTINENTAL DIVIDE has 1 sense: 1. the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico). Familiarity information: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE used as a noun is very rare.Dictionary entry details.eronyms (parts of continental divide): Great Divide (that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States). Domain region: North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama).
Definition of lighthouse. 1  1 : a structure (such as a tower) with a powerful light that gives a continuous or intermittent signal to navigators. 2  2 : beacon 3.
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