Archives for December, 2012

Big Thompson River-Little Thompson River drainage divide area landform origins in the Colorado Front Range, USA

  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 […]

Laramie River- Cache la Poudre River drainage divide area landform origins in the Colorado Mummy Range and Laramie Mountains, USA

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, […]

Pawnee Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area landform origins in Weld, Morgan, and Logan Counties, Colorado, USA

  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 […]

South Platte River-Frenchman Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Colorado northeast corner, USA

  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 […]

Lodgepole Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area landform origins near the Wyoming-Nebraska-Colorado corner, USA

  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 […]

Laramie River-North Fork Cache la Poudre River drainage divide area landform origins along the Wyoming-Colorado border, USA

  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 […]