Archives for August, 2012

North Platte River-Sweetwater River drainage divide area landform origins in the Rattlesnake Hills, Natrona County Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between North Platte River tributaries and the Sweetwater River in the Rattlesnake Hills in Natrona County, Wyoming. The North Platte River flows in a north and northeast direction between the Rattlesnake Hills to the west and the Laramie Mountains to the […]

Buffalo Creek-South Fork Powder River drainage divide area landform origins in the southern Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Buffalo Creek and the South Fork Powder River along the south and southeast flank of the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Buffalo Creek is a southeast, northeast, and north-northwest oriented tributary to the northeast oriented Middle Fork Powder River. The Middle Fork […]

Middle Fork Powder River-Buffalo Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Middle Fork Powder River and Buffalo Creek in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains. The Middle Fork Powder River originates in the southern Bighorn Mountains along the asymmetric Bighorn River-Powder River drainage divide and flows in a north, northeast, east, […]