A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence This essay is an overview of more detailed essays using topographic map evidence to illustrate and interpret landform origins in the Missouri River drainage basin segment between Sioux City, Iowa and Kansas City, Missouri. The detailed essays can be found under IA Missouri River, KS Missouri River, […]
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A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Big Sioux River-Floyd River drainage divide area is located in northwest Iowa. Present day Big Sioux-Floyd River drainage divide area landforms include the Big Sioux River and Big Sioux River tributary valleys, Floyd River and Floyd River tributary valleys, and drainage divides between the various […]
Abstract: The Floyd River-Little Sioux River drainage divide area in Woodbury and Monona Counties, Iowa is located in northwest Iowa and the Floyd River and Little Sioux River are south-southwest oriented Missouri River tributaries, with the Floyd River being located north and west of the Little Sioux River. The south-southeast oriented Missouri River is located […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to illustrate and discuss landform origins in the Floyd River-Little Sioux River northern drainage area located in northwest Iowa. A separate essay illustrates and discusses landform origins in the Floyd River-Little Sioux River drainage divide area in Woodbury and Monona Counties. The Floyd River and Little Sioux River […]
Abstract: The Little Sioux River-North Raccoon River drainage divide area in Cherokee, Buena Vista, and Sac Counties, Iowa was eroded during immense south oriented floods from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet. Initially the melt water floods flowed across Cherokee, Buena Vista, and Sac Counties in a southeast direction toward what was then an actively […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret Little Sioux River-Boyer River drainage divide area landform origins. The Little Sioux and Boyer Rivers are located in western Iowa and are southwest and south-southwest oriented Missouri River tributaries. Between the Little Sioux River and Boyer River are the south and southwest oriented Maple River and […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Boyer River-Mosquito Creek drainage divide area located in Pottawatamie, Harrison, Shelby, and Crawford Counties, Iowa. The Boyer River and Mosquito Creek are south-southwest oriented Missouri River tributaries located in western Iowa with the Boyer River located north and west of Mosquito Creek […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Boyer River-Nishnabotna River drainage divide area located in Crawford, Carroll, Shelby, and Audubon Counties, Iowa. Evidence presented and discussed also includes regions between Nishnabotna River tributaries located in the four counties. The Boyer River and Nishnabotna River are southwest and south-southwest oriented Missouri […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Mosquito Creek-East Nishnabotna River drainage divide area located in Pottawattamie, Cass, Mills, and Montgomery Counties, Iowa. Mosquito Creek is a south-southwest oriented tributary joining the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa. The south-oriented Nishnabotna River is located east of Mosquito Creek and […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Missouri River-Tarkio River drainage divide area located in Fremont and Page Counties, Iowa and Atchison County, Missouri. The Missouri River flows in a south-southeast direction along the Fremont and Atchison County western borders. The Tarkio River and its major tributaries flow in […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins for the West Nodaway River-Platte River drainage divide area located in Page, Taylor, Ringgold, and Adams Counties, Iowa. The West Nodaway River flows in a south direction across eastern Page County to join the southwest and south oriented East Nodaway River and to form the […]
Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project 