| 词汇 | continental-divide |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | the Continental Divide noun uk /ˌkɒn.tɪ.nen.təl dɪˈvaɪd/ us /ˌkɑːn.t̬ən.en.t̬əl dɪˈvaɪd/ a line that goes from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south, following the main mountain groups of North and South America, that separates rivers that flow into the Pacific from those that flow into the Atlantic: The major annual migration route for waterfowl forms a broad, relatively straight line from northeastern Alaska diagonally southward across the prairie marshes of western Canada and the Continental Divide to the Texas coast. I spent the rest of the summer assisting in his mapping project along the Continental Divide in southwest Montana. Kaminaljuyu now lies beneath the urban sprawl of Guatemala City, which is in a broad valley traversed by the Continental Divide. The easiest route between these points is over the lowest part of the Continental Divide at less than 200 metres above sea level. The route follows the Continental Divide between Nochixtlán and the Valley of Oaxaca. |
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