Category archives for Arkansas River

Kiowa Creek-Bijou Creek drainage divide area landform origins on the Colorado Piedmont, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Kiowa Creek-Bijou Creek drainage divide area on the Colorado Piedmont. Kiowa Creek and Bijou Creek are two of several north and north-northeast oriented streams located east of the north-northeast oriented South Platte River segment, which is located east of the Colorado […]

Bijou Creek-Beaver Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, and Washington Counties, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Bijou Creek-Beaver Creek drainage divide area in Adams, Arapahoe, Elbert, and Washington Counties, Colorado. Bijou Creek and Beaver Creek are north oriented tributaries to northeastern Colorado’s north-northeast, southeast, east, and northeast oriented South Platte River with Beaver Creek located east of […]

Beaver Creek-Arikaree River drainage divide area landform origins in Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, and Washington Counties, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Beaver Creek-Arikaree River drainage divide area in Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, and Washington Counties, Colorado. The Arikaree River originates on an escarpment surrounded upland surface and flows in an east and northeast direction to eventually join the east oriented Republican River. Beaver […]

Republican River-Big Sandy Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Lincoln, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne Counties, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Republican River-Big Sandy Creek drainage divide area in Lincoln, Kit Carson, and Cheyenne Counties, Colorado. Big Sandy Creek is an east-northeast, north-northeast, southeast, and south oriented Arkansas River tributary located in eastern Colorado. North of the east-northeast and north-northeast oriented Big […]

South Platte River-Big Sandy Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Elbert County, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the South Platte River-Big Sandy Creek drainage divide area in Elbert County, Colorado. Big Sandy Creek is an east-northeast, north-northeast, southeast, and south oriented Arkansas River tributary located in eastern Colorado. North of the east-northeast, north-northeast, and east-southeast oriented Big Sandy Creek […]

South Platte River-Arkansas River drainage divide area landform origins in northern El Paso County, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the South Platte River-Arkansas River drainage divide area in northern El Paso County, Colorado. The South Platte River-Arkansas River drainage divide area from the Trout Creek-Fountain Creek drainage divide in the Rampart Range to the Kiowa Creek-Black Squirrel Creek drainage divide on […]

Trout Creek-Arkansas River drainage divide area landform origins in the Park, Teller, and El Paso Counties, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Trout Creek-Arkansas River drainage divide area in Park, Teller, and El Paso Counties, Colorado. Trout Creek is a north and north-northwest oriented tributary flowing to the north-northeast oriented South Platte River and is linked by through valleys with southeast oriented Fountain […]

Middle Fork South Platte River-Arkansas River drainage divide area landform origins in Lake, Park, and Chaffee Counties, Colorado, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Middle Fork South Platte River-Arkansas River drainage divide area in Lake, Park, and Chaffee Counties, Colorado. The Middle Fork South Platte River originates on the south side of Hoosier Pass and flows in a south and south-southeast direction on the east […]

Blue River-South Platte River drainage divide area landform origins along the east-west continental divide, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Blue River-South Platte River drainage divide area along the east-west continental divide. The Blue River originates on the north side of Hoosier Pass and flows in a north and north-northwest direction to join the southwest oriented Colorado River. Indiana Creek originates […]

Smoky Hill River-Walnut Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Gove, Trego, Lane, and Ness Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Smoky Hill River-Walnut Creek drainage divide area in Gove, Trego, Lane, and Ness Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed south across Nebraska and into Kansas where headward erosion of deep valleys captured flood flow and diverted flood […]

Smoky Hill River-Walnut Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Ellis, Russell, Rush, and Barton Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Smoky Hill River-Walnut Creek drainage divide area in Ellis, Russell, Rush, and Barton Counties, Kansas is the drainage divide between the Missouri River drainage basin and the Arkansas River drainage basin and was eroded by immense south-oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed across […]

Smoky Hill River-Arkansas River drainage divide area landform origins in Ellsworth, Rice, and Mc Pherson Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Smoky Hill River-Arkansas River drainage divide area in Ellsworth, Rice, and Mc Pherson Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed south into Kansas where they were captured by headward erosion of deep valleys in sequence (from south to […]

Smoky Hill River-North Cottonwood River drainage divide area landform origins in Saline, Dickinson, Mc Pherson, and Marion Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Smoky Hill River-North Cottonwood River drainage divide area in Saline, Dickinson, Mc Pherson, and Marion Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods which flowed from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet into Kansas. Flood waters were captured by deep southeast and east oriented valleys that eroded headward across Kansas from the […]

Kansas River-Neosho River drainage divide area landform origins in Geary, Wabaunsee, and Morris Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Kansas River-Neosho River drainage divide area in Geary, Wabaunsee, and Marion Counties, Kansas is in reality the divide between the Missouri River drainage basin and Arkansas River drainage basin. The Kansas River-Neosho River drainage divide area was eroded by immense south-oriented floods from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet, which flowed across […]

Dragoon Creek-Neosho River drainage divide area landform origins in Osage, Lyon, and Coffey Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Dragoon Creek-Neosho River drainage divide area in Osage, Lyon, and Coffey Counties, Kansas is actually multiple drainage divides between southeast-oriented Dragoon Creek and east-oriented Salt Creek, between Salt Creek and the east-northeast oriented Marais des Cygnes River, and between the Marais des Cygnes River and the southeast-oriented Neosho River. Dragoon Creek and Salt […]