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Great Divide: see Continental Divide Continental Divide, the "backbone" of a continent. In North America, from N Alaska to New Mexico, it moves along the crest of the Rocky Mts., which separates westward-flowing streams from eastward-flowing waters. ..... Click the link for more information. . Great Dividing Rangeor Great DivideMain watershed of eastern Australia. It consists of a series of plateaus and mountain ranges roughly paralleling the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria that stretches for some 2,300 mi (3,700 km). Beginning in the north on the Cape York Peninsula, Queen., the range heads generally south to become the Australian Alps near the New South Wales–Victoria border. The range bends west in Victoria, ending in the Grampians, while a southern spur emerges from the Bass Strait to form the central uplands of Tasmania. First traversed by Europeans moving into the Australian Outback in 1813, the region is now important for agriculture, lumbering, and mining, and its national parks and other natural areas are major tourist attractions. Great Divide great ridge of Rocky Mountains; once thought of as epitome of faraway place. [Am. Folklore: Misc.] See : Remoteness |
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TEACHING COMPOSITION/TEACHING LITERATURE: CROSSING GREAT DIVIDES Ed. It's a stretch from Virgil Kane to remixer DJ Premier, but Robertson has crossed great divides before. Reducing estrangement is a part that religious communities can play by bringing people together across some of the great divides in our country. |
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