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The Rocky Mountains.
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Americas largest mountain system?
The Rockies (North America) and Andes (South America)
What is the highest mountain in north Africa?
Where is North Mountain? wrong answer idiot
What is the oldest mountain chain in North America?
The Appalachian Mountain chain.
5 When did the pilgrims arrive in North America?
the pilgrims arrived in the Americas in the year
The general direction of continental glacial advance in the us is from north to south?
yes
What mountain range does the Continental Divide run through?
The continental divide you are most likely referring to is that of the Americas, known as the Continental Divide of the Americas or simply the Great Divide. In North America, it runs along the Rocky Mountains, but in South America, it runs along the Andes.
What is North Americas continental divide?
I think it is the rocky mountains
Where is north Americas continental divide located?
In north America it is the Rocky Mountains.
What does the Continental Divide of the Americas refer to?
The Continental Divide of the Americas, typically called the Continental Divide, is a line running from the Bering Strait southward through the entirety of North, Central and South America that divides river systems flowing into the Pacific Ocean from those that empty into the Atlantic Ocean or, in the extreme northern regions of North America, the Arctic Ocean.
Which North American mountain range contains the Great Continental Divide?
The Rocky Mountains contain the Great Continental Divide, which runs along the crest of the mountain range and separates watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those that drain into the Atlantic Ocean.
What mountain range is called the back bone of north America?
Continental Divide, aka The Rocky Mountains
Why is western North America more mountanious than eastern North America?
Because of the Continental Divide, which causes more uplift, and more mountain building.
Is the Continental Divide in North Dakota?
The Great Continental Divide is not in North Dakota but the Laurentian one does. On the map above, that is the green line.
In which of state is the Continental Divide located?
The Continental Divide separates the watershed of the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic oceans meaning that drainage down the east of the mountain range will go into the Atlantic, while westward drainage will flow into the Pacific. The Continental Divide in the United States is located in the Rocky Mountain Range. The states that contain the Great Divide from north to south: - Montana - Idaho - Wyoming - Colorado - New Mexico - Arizona
What mountains are the continental divide in south America?
The Andes Mountain Range runs the length of South America's western area. It acts to divide the continent completely from north to south.
What is north americas highest mountain and where is it located?
meow
What does the word Continental Divide mean?
The continental divide is a spot in a mountain range (usually) where two water sheds divide. The one near where I live in the Rocky Mountains has one side draining to the Pacific and The other side draining to the Atlantic ocean, A couple hundred Miles north of me is the Divide between the Pacific and Arctic watersheds
