Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Boulder Creek-Clear Creek drainage divide area in the Colorado Front Range. Clear Creek originates near the east-west continental divide and south of Berthoud Pass and then flows in an east direction to Golden at the eastern flank of the Colorado Front […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Fraser River-Boulder Creek drainage divide area along the east-west continental divide and focuses on the continental divide north of Berthoud Pass and south of Lake Granby. The Colorado River flows in a south direction on the west side of Rocky Mountain […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Colorado River-North St Vrain Creek drainage divide area along the east-west continental divide. The Colorado River flows in a south direction in the Kawuneeche Valley from the south side of La Poudre Pass to southwest corner of Rocky Mountain National Park […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Little Thompson River-St Vrain Creek drainage divide area in the Colorado Front Range. The Little Thompson River originates east of Rocky Mountain National Park and flows in a southeast, east-northeast, and southeast direction to the Colorado Piedmont and then in an […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Big Thompson River-Little Thompson River drainage divide area in the Colorado Front Range. The Big Thompson River originates in Rocky Mountain National Park and flows in a southeast, northeast, and east-southeast direction onto the Colorado Piedmont before turning in a southeast […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Cache la Poudre River-Big Thompson River drainage divide area in the Colorado Mummy Range. The Mummy Range is located in northeast Rocky Mountain National Park and the region immediately to the north. The Cache la Poudre River originates south and west […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Cache la Poudre River-Buckhorn Creek drainage divide area in the northern Colorado Front Range. The South Fork Cache la Poudre River originates in Rocky Mountain National Park and flows in a northeast direction to join the east oriented Cache la Poudre […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Laramie River–Cache la Poudre River drainage divide area in the Colorado Mummy Range and Laramie Mountains. Northeast and north oriented Cache la Poudre River headwaters are linked by deep mountain passes or through valleys with south and southwest oriented Colorado River headwaters, […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Crow Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area in Weld and Morgan Counties, Colorado. Before entering Weld County the South Platte River flows in a north direction east of the Colorado Front Range and once in Weld County the South Platte River […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Pawnee Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area in Weld, Morgan, and Logan Counties, Colorado. Pawnee Creek is an east and southeast oriented tributary to the northeast oriented South Platte River in northeast Colorado. Topographic map evidence shows drainage divides between Pawnee […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the South Platte River-Frenchman Creek drainage divide area in the Colorado northeast corner. The South Platte River originates in the Colorado Front Range and flows in a southeast, north-northeast, and east-southeast direction before turning to flow in a northeast direction to the […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Lodgepole Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area near the Wyoming-Nebraska-Colorado corner. The South Platte River flows in a north direction just east of the Colorado Front Range into northern Colorado and then turns in an east-southeast, east, and northeast direction to […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Crow Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area along the Wyoming-Colorado border. The South Platte River flows in a north-northeast direction along the east side of the Colorado Front Range before turning in an east-southeast, east, and northeast direction to flow into […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Laramie River–North Fork Cache la Poudre River drainage divide area along the Wyoming-Colorado border. The Laramie River flows in a north direction between the Medicine Bow Mountains and the Colorado Laramie Mountains and then in a northeast and north direction in […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Lodgepole Creek-Crow Creek drainage divide area in the Wyoming Laramie Mountains. Lodgepole Creek and Crow Creek headwaters originate near each other in the Sherman Mountains area of the Wyoming Laramie Mountains and flow in roughly east directions to converge either in […]