Continental divide
（重定向自Topographical divide）
![Principal hydrological divides of North America.](/Images/godic/202502/16/NorthAmerica-WaterDivides5116.png")
![Major continental divides, showing drainage into the major oceans and seas of the world. Grey areas are endorheic basins that do not drain to the ocean.](/Images/godic/202502/16/Ocean_drainage5116.png")
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea.