What is the continental divide and how does it affect the flow of rivers

The divide is a ridge in the rocky mountains hence divides the waterways from the west to flow westwards to the Pacific and then the waterways from the east to flow eastern to the Atlantic. Divides the flow of water and no water can disobey this line

tropical storm katrina, and it made landfall between miami and fort lauder-dale, florida, as a category 1 hurricane (a storm that, on the saffir-simpson scale, exhibits winds in the range of 74–95 miles per hour [119–154 km per hour]). sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) lashed the florida peninsula, and rainfall totals of 5 inches (13 cm) were reported in some areas. the storm spent less than eight hours over land. it quickly intensified when it reached the warm waters of the gulf of mexico.

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