Which place on Earth sends water to three oceans?

According to Live Science, Triple Divide Peak, located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana, sits on North America’s Continental Divide, the ridge running along the Rocky Mountains that separates major watersheds flowing to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans.

The U.S. National Park Service explains that a raindrop or snowmelt from the peak can travel west through the Columbia River basin and reach the Pacific Ocean, or it can flow along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers into the Atlantic.

Alternatively, water from the peak may flow into Hudson Bay via the Saskatchewan River.

Although Hudson Bay primarily drains into the Atlantic, it also sends freshwater into the Arctic Ocean.

The Triple Divide Peak in the U.S's Glacier National Park. Photo from Instagram

Triple Divide Peak is one of just two hydrological apexes on the Continental Divide and across North America, the other being Snow Dome in Canada.

The two peaks also sit on separate "great divides," natural boundaries separating major watersheds.

In addition to the Continental Divide, Triple Divide Peak lies on the Laurentian Divide, which separates the Hudson Bay watershed to the north from the Gulf of Mexico watershed to the south.

Snow Dome sits on the Arctic Divide, which separates the Arctic Ocean watershed to the northwest from the Hudson Bay watershed to the southeast.