A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Sheyenne River-James River drainage divide area discussed here is located south of Baldhill Creek and is located in North Dakota, USA. Baldhill Creek is a Sheyenne River tributary and the Baldhill Creek drainage basin is included in the drainage divide area investigated here The James […]
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A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The James River-Wild Rice River drainage divide area investigated here is located in southeast North Dakota and northeast South Dakota and is the north-south continental divide. Water in the Wild Rice River eventually reaches Hudson Bay. Water in the James River eventually reaches the Gulf of […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area between Apple Creek and Beaver Creek is located in south central North Dakota, USA. The region is bounded on the west by the south-oriented Missouri River and on the east by the south-oriented James River. Apple Creek and Beaver […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri Coteau-James River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Dickey County, North Dakota and McPherson and Brown Counties, South Dakota, USA. The Missouri Coteau is a region of small interior drainage basins and is underlain by thick glacial debris interpreted to have been […]
A geomorphic based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-Missouri Escarpment drainage divide area along the North Dakota-South Dakota border includes areas in Emmons, McIntosh, and Dickey Counties, North Dakota and areas in Campbell and McPherson Counties, South Dakota. Between the south-oriented Missouri Coteau and the east-facing Missouri Escarpment is the Missouri Coteau, which […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The James River-Big Sioux River drainage divide area north of Redfield and Watertown discussed here is located in northeast South Dakota, USA. The James River flows south in a broad lowland between the east-facing Missouri Escarpment, which marks the Missouri Coteau east boundary, and the west-facing […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Big Sioux River-Minnesota River drainage divide area is located in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota, USA. The Big Sioux River flows south on the Prairie Coteau upland and eventually joins the Missouri River at the South Dakota’s southeast corner. The Minnesota River originates along […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The James River-Big Sioux River drainage divide area south of Redfield and Watertown and north of Huron and Brookings is located in eastern South Dakota, USA. The James River is located in a broad south-oriented lowland and flows south near Redfield and Huron to reach the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The James River-Big Sioux River drainage divide area investigated here is located south of Huron and Brookings and north of Mitchell and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. The James River flows south in a broad lowland interpreted here to have originated as the floor of a […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The James River-Big Sioux River drainage divide area south of Mitchell and Sioux Falls is located in the southeast corner of South Dakota, USA. Major drainage routes present include the south-oriented James, Vermillion, and Big Sioux Rivers, all of which flow to the southeast-oriented Missouri River, […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Big Sioux River-Minnesota River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Brookings County, South Dakota and Lincoln and Lyon Counties, Minnesota, USA. Major landforms include the Prairie Coteau upland surface and the northeast-facing Prairie Coteau escarpment. The Prairie Coteau escarpment is interpreted here to […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic evidence Abstract: The Big Sioux River-Rock River drainage divide area is located in southeastern South Dakota, the Minnesota southwest corner, and the Iowa northwest corner. Rock River is a south and south-southwest oriented tributary to the south-oriented Big Sioux River. Topographic map evidence suggests the Rock River valley eroded […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic evidence Abstract: The Rock River-Des Moines River drainage divide area is located in southwest Minnesota, USA. The Rock River flows south to the south-oriented Big Sioux River. The Des Moines River flows in a southeast direction along the crest of the northeast-facing Prairie Coteau escarpment and eventually joins the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Big Sioux River-Floyd River drainage divide area is located in northwest Iowa. Present day Big Sioux-Floyd River drainage divide area landforms include the Big Sioux River and Big Sioux River tributary valleys, Floyd River and Floyd River tributary valleys, and drainage divides between the various […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area in Walworth, Edmunds, Potter, and Faulk Counties, South Dakota is located in north central South Dakota. Between the south-oriented Missouri River to the west and the south-oriented James River to the east in the drainage divide area is the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area in Sully, Hyde, Hand, and Hughes Counties is located in central South Dakota. The region is bounded on the west by the south and southeast oriented Missouri River and on the east by the south-oriented James River. The James […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Buffalo, Jerauld, Brule, and Aurora Counties, South Dakota and also includes some areas in Hyde and Hand Counties. Major landforms illustrated and discussed include the Missouri River valley, a Missouri Coteau upland surface remnant, […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area in Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Bon Homme, and Yankton Counties, South Dakota is located at the south end of the Missouri River-James River drainage divide area. Landforms are interpreted to have formed during immense floods when the margin of […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Bazile Creek-North Fork Elkhorn River drainage divide area is located in Knox, Pierce, and Antelope Counties, northeast Nebraska. USA. Bazile Creek flows in a north and north-northwest oriented direction to join a northeast-oriented segment of the southeast-oriented Missouri River. The North Fork Elkhorn River flows […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Bow Creek-Logan Creek and other drainage divides in Cedar, Dixon, and Dakota Counties are located in northeast Nebraska between the southeast oriented Missouri River and the southeast oriented Elkhorn River. Bow Creek is a northeast and north oriented Missouri River tributary and Logan Creek is a southeast […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Elkhorn River-Logan Creek drainage divide area in Wayne, Stanton, and Cuming Counties is located in northeast Nebraska, USA. The Elkhorn River generally flows in a southeast and south direction to join the Platte River slightly west of Omaha and the Platte River then flows south […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Logan Creek-Missouri River drainage divide area in Dakota, Thurston, and Burt Counties is located in northeast Nebraska, USA. Logan Creek is a southeast and south oriented Elkhorn River tributary located west of the south-southeast Missouri River. Through valleys link north-oriented (barbed) Missouri River tributary valleys with […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic evidence Abstract: The Elkhorn River-Missouri River drainage divide area in Washington, Douglas, and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska is drained by the southeast-oriented Papillion Creek valley stem, which is located between the south oriented Elkhorn and Missouri River valleys. The south oriented Elkhorn River is located west of the Missouri River and flows […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic evidence Abstract: The Elkhorn River-Platte River drainage divide area located in Stanton, Cuming, Colfax, and Dodge Counties, Nebraska is primarily drained by south-southeast and east oriented Maple Creek, southeast-oriented Pebble Creek, and east-oriented Rawhide Creek drainage systems, all of which flow to the south-southeast oriented Elkhorn River. Landform evidence […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Elkhorn River-Shell Creek drainage divide area in Antelope, Madison, Boone, and Platte Counties was eroded by a massive southeast-oriented flood, which had a source northwest of the Elkhorn River-Shell Creek drainage divide area. The southeast-oriented flood flow was captured in southern Boone and Platte Counties […]
Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project 