The Eastern Continental Divide EarthCache
The Eastern Continental Divide
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Located in the state of North Carolina this cache should be fairly easy to attain, terrain is not difficult at all.
The Eastern Continental Divide
We may have heard the term Continental Divide during school and forgotten exactly what it is over the years. With Earth Caches we now have the opportunity to refresh our memory of geological features or maybe even learn what they are while seeing a real life example. A continental divide is a line of elevated terrain which forms a border between two watersheds. It may be easier to think of a continental divide as being the peak of a ridge line. It is at this ridge line that we could pour a glass of water off one side of the ridge and it would end up in one watershed and a glass of water poured off the other side would end up in a completely different watershed.
The United States has 4 Continental Divides:
1) The Great Divide which is also known as the Continental Divide
2) The Northern Divide or Laurentian Divide
3) The St. Lawrence Seaway Divide
4) The Eastern Continental Divide
How exactly did these continental divides come to be? Over time with the divides were created by the forming of mountain ranges through the folding of the earth's crust. This folding created the peaks or ridges that we know as divides.
To log a find for the cache please do the following:
1) Upload a photo of yourself or group at the sign WITH your gps.
2) E-Mail the answers to the following questions to me
What is the elevation at this section of the Eastern Continental Divide?
If you poured a glass of water to the East, what watershed would it eventually end up in.
If you poured a glass of water to the West, what watershed would it eventually end up in?
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