where is the continental divide in new mexico
Continental Divide, New Mexico Continental Divide is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.[1] Continental Divide is located along Interstate 40 25.1 miles (40.4Â km) east-southeast of Gallup. Continental Divide has a post office with ZIP code 87312.[2][3]
Mexico–United States border The total length of the continental border is 1,954 miles (3,145 km). From the Gulf of Mexico, it follows the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) to the border crossing at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. Westward from El Paso–Juárez, it crosses vast tracts of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts to the Colorado River Delta and San Diego–Tijuana, before reaching the Pacific Ocean.[5]