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Continental divide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (403 words) |
 | A continental divide is a line of elevated terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that water falling on one side of the line eventually travels to one ocean or body of water, and water on the other side travels to another, generally on the opposite side of the continent. |
| The Eastern Continental Divide (or Eastern Divide) runs from northern Pennsylvania down the Appalachian Mountains to the tip of Florida, dividing the Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico. |
| It is similarly difficult to distinguish the continental divides of Europe and Asia, because of the large number of distinct bodies of water into which their rainfall drains (for example, the Mediterranean Sea and its various lobes, the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Black Sea with Europe). |
| Digital divide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1189 words) |
| The digital divide is a social/political issue referring to the socio-economic gap between communities that have access to computers and the Internet and those who do not. |
| The idea of the digital divide resonates with "common sense" skepticism against claims of the revolutionary power of the Internet and the emerging utopian information society. |
| Another key dimension of the Digital Divide, is the global digital divide, reflecting existing economic divisions in the world. |
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