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I live near the Continental Divide. I dropped a drop in Datil, NM, which is a few miles east of the divide, and it went west. But isn't the Continental Divide defined as the line at which water drains east or west? Is the app mistaken, is my definition wrong, or what?

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There are multiple places where the divide forks and then joins back together, and even then there are other exceptions. If you live near it, I wouldn't visualize it as a single point, but as a general shift in overall trends.

I guess check and see which way the water flows next time you get a big rainstorm :)

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