Eastern Continental Divide

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North American continental divides. The Eastern Continental Divide is marked in yellow.

The Eastern Divide or Eastern Continental Divide (ECD) is a continental divide in the United States that separates the Gulf of Mexico drainage from the watersheds that flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Eastern Continental Divide runs from a triple point or triple divide on an unnamed peak near the town of Gold in northern Pennsylvania down the Appalachian Mountains, through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, and down through the tip of Florida.

[edit] References

• Gonzalez, Mark A. "Continental Divides in North Dakota and North America". North Dakota Geological Survey Newsletter, 2003, v. 30, no. 1.
• National Atlas nationalatlas.gov

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