Category archives for Bighorn River

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, […]

Cottonwood Creek-Owl Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Owl Creek Mountains and southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Cottonwood Creek and Owl Creek in the Owl Creek Mountains and southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Cottonwood Creek and Owl Creek have headwaters in the southern Absaroka Range and then flow in generally east directions along the Owl Creek Mountains north […]

Gooseberry Creek-Cottonwood Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Gooseberry Creek and Cottonwood Creek in the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Gooseberry Creek and Cottonwood Creek originate in the same general region at the Absaroka Range southeast end and then diverge to flow along separate, but generally east oriented routes […]

North Fork Shoshone River-South Fork Shoshone River drainage divide area landform origins in the Absaroka Mountains, northwest Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the North Fork Shoshone River and the South Fork Shoshone River in the Absaroka Range located in northwest Wyoming. The North Fork Shoshone River flows in an east direction to join the northeast oriented South Fork Shoshone River at […]

Rotten Grass Creek-Little Bighorn River drainage divide area landform origins in Big Horn County, Montana, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Rotten Grass Creek and the Little Bighorn River in Big Horn County, Montana. Rotten Grass Creek is a northeast, north, and north-northwest oriented Bighorn River tributary originating in the high Bighorn Mountains near the Montana-Wyoming state line. The Little Bighorn […]

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River-Bighorn River drainage divide area landform origins near the Montana-Wyoming border, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and the Bighorn River and its Shoshone River tributary near the Montana-Wyoming border. Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River originates in the Montana Beartooth Mountains and flows in a southeast direction into Wyoming before turning […]

Pryor Creek-Bighorn River drainage divide area landform origins Big Horn and Yellowstone Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Pryor Creek and the Bighorn River in Yellowstone and Big Horn Counties, Montana. Pryor Creek is a northwest, north, and north-northeast oriented Yellowstone River tributary originating in the Pryor Mountains, which are located south of Billings, Montana. East of Pryor […]

Bighorn River drainage basin landform origins, Wyoming and Montana, USA, overview essay

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This overview essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret the history of drainage divides within and surrounding the Bighorn River drainage basin. Detailed essays describing a few Bighorn River drainage divide areas near the Yellowstone River in Montana have been written and can be found under […]

Bighorn River-Tullock Creek drainage divide area landform origins, south central Montana, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Bighorn River-Tullock Creek drainage divide area is located in Montana, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Bighorn River-Tullock Creek drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to interpret the region’s geomorphic history. […]

Little Bighorn River-Rosebud Creek (and Tongue River) drainage divide area landform origins, south central Montana, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Bighorn River-Rosebud Creek (and Tongue River) drainage divide area is located in Montana, USA. This essay also includes Little Bighorn River-Tongue River drainage divide evidence located along the Montana-Wyoming state line. Although detailed topographic maps of the Little Bighorn River-Rosebud Creek (and Tongue River) […]

Yellowstone River-Bighorn River drainage divide area landform origins, south central Montana, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Montana Yellowstone River-Bighorn River drainage divide area discussed here is located north of Williams Coulee, which drains southeast to the Bighorn River, and east of Fly Creek, which drains northwest to the Yellowstone River. Although detailed topographic maps of the Yellowstone River-Bighorn River drainage divide […]