Where Is the Laurentian Divide?

The Laurentian Divide also called the Northern Divide and locally the height of land, is a continental divide in central North America that separates the Hudson Bay watershed to the north from the Gulf of Mexico watershed to the south and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed to the southeast.

Where is the Laurentian Divide in MN?

The Laurentian Divide is Minnesota's major continental divide and is a part of a vast, flat and rocky platform of land extending from west central Minnesota through central Canada. It was the first part of the North American continent to be elevated above sea level.

Where is the Eastern Continental Divide?

The Eastern Continental Divide runs along the ridges of the Alleghany Plateau and the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia. It then flattens at the tip of Florida.

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