continental divide continental congress • continental drift · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · continental divide · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 18 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico). Synonyms: continental divide. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074 v latin small letter v U+0076