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continental — I. adjective Date: 1758 1. a. of, relating to, or characteristic of a continent < continental waters >; specifically often capitalized of or relating to the continent of Europe excluding the British Isles b. often capitalized of, relating to, or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Continental Records — war ein US amerikanisches Plattenlabel, das Anfang der 1940er Jahre gegründet wurde. Labelgeschichte Continental Records gehörte zu der Schar kleiner, unabhängiger, jedoch kurzlebiger Schallplattenfirmen, die in den Vereinigten Staaten Mitte der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Continental shelf — Marine habitats Anatomy of a continental shelf off the south eastern coast of the United States Littoral zone Intertidal zone … Wikipedia
Continental shelf pump — In oceanic biogeochemistry, the continental shelf pump is proposed to operate in the shallow waters of the continental shelves, acting as a mechanism to transport carbon (as either dissolved or particulate material) from surface waters to the… … Wikipedia
Continental Divide of the Americas — For continental divides in general, see Continental divide. A map of the principal hydrological divides of North America. The Continental Divide is shown in red. There are three closed drainage areas along the divide, which appear as loops. From… … Wikipedia
Continental Divide (Atlantic/Pacific) — For continental divides in general, see Continental Divide. [ thumb|300px|Continental divides in North America. The Great Divide is in red.] Continental Divide or Great Divide is the name given to the North American portion of the mountainous… … Wikipedia
continental divide — 1. a divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent. 2. (caps.) (in North America) the line of summits of the Rocky Mountains, separating streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific from those flowing … Universalium
continental divide — Divide Di*vide , n. A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called {watershed} and {water parting}. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a {continental divide}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
continental shelf — Sea area extending beyond UK territorial waters sub divided and allocated to a number of Countries including certain European Union ( EU) Member States. Areas designated to the UK are called the UK Continental Shelf. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary … Financial and business terms
continental United States — United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS … Military dictionary
