Eastern Continental Divide
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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 near Wellsville (village), New York down the Appalachian Mountains, through Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, along the northwestern border of South Carolina, Georgia, and down through the tip of Florida. The Genesee River, watershed south of Wellsville flows north to The Great Lakes, eventually draining the entire lake system, the largest fresh water system in the world, through the St. Lawrence River and into the Atlantic Ocean.
