Triple divide

Triple Divide Peak in the U.S. state of Montana or, depending on definition, Snow Dome in Canada are the only such places on Earth.

[notes 1] An unnamed hill on the border between the Central African Republic and South Sudan: the exact point is at 09°08′24″N 23°28′07″E / 9.14000°N 23.46861°E / 9.14000; 23.46861 (Congo-Nile-Lake Chad Triple Divide).

Water from this point flows to the Atlantic Ocean via the Congo River, to the Mediterranean Sea via the Nile, or to endorheic Lake Chad.

At this point meet the second, third and eighth largest drainage basins in the world, making it one of the most important triple divides on earth.

Both are named after two 1845 exploration party leaders who sought to solve the question of Australia's rivers, Thomas Mitchell and Edmund Kennedy.

Map showing worldwide drainage basins and triple divides
Landmark at Lunghin Pass in Grisons , Switzerland .
Triple Divide Peak and Snow Dome are the major triple divides of North America
Landmark at the triple divide in Potter County, Pennsylvania .
Triple Divide Peak, Montana
Snow Dome, British Columbia
Continental divide of the Americas in South America