Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the South Fork Republican River-North Fork Smoky Hill River drainage divide area in Kit Carson County, Colorado. The South Fork Republican River flows in a northeast direction across western and north central Kit Carson County and then flows in a northeast direction to […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Big Sandy Creek-Smoky Hill River drainage divide area in Cheyenne County, Colorado. Big Sandy Creek flows in a southeast direction into Cheyenne County and once in Cheyenne County turns to flow in a south-southeast direction and south of Cheyenne County flows […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This is an overview essay providing highlights from detailed essays describing drainage divide origins within and surrounding the Colorado and Kansas Smoky Hill River drainage basin. The detailed essays can be found under Smoky Hill River on this website’s sidebar category list. All interpretations of drainage […]
Abstract: The Little Beaver Creek-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide area in Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, and Thomas Counties, Kansas is today drained by parallel northeast and east oriented Republican and Solomon River tributaries. The entire drainage divide region was eroded by massive south and southeast oriented floods, with flood water probably derived from a rapidly […]
Abstract: The South Fork Solomon River-Saline River drainage divide area in Thomas, Sheridan, and Graham Counties Kansas was eroded by massive south-oriented floods and shaped during evolution of a gigantic east-oriented flood formed anastomosing channel complex involving the present day Smoky Hill, Saline, Solomon, and Republican River valleys and tributary valleys. Flood waters were derived […]
Abstract: The Saline River-Smoky Hill River drainage divide area in Russell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, and Saline Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed across Nebraska and into Kansas. The Smoky Hill River valley eroded headward from what was then the newly […]
Abstract: The Saline River-Big Creek drainage divide area in Sheridan, Gove, Trego, and Ellis Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south oriented floods derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet located north of the drainage divide region. The east-southeast oriented Big Creek valley eroded first headward from what was then the newly eroded Smoky […]
Abstract: The Big Creek-Smoky Hill River drainage divide area in Gove, Trego, and Ellis Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south-oriented glacial melt water floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed across Nebraska into Kansas. The east-oriented Smoky Hill River valley eroded headward from what were then […]
Abstract: The Hackberry Creek-Smoky Hill River drainage divide in Logan and Gove Counties, Kansas was crossed by immense south and east oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed southward across Nebraska and into Kansas. The Smoky Hill River valley was the southernmost of several deep […]
Abstract: The North Fork Smoky Hill River-Smoky Hill River drainage divide area in Sherman, Wallace, and Logan Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south and southeast oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed across Nebraska and into Kansas. The deep east oriented Smoky Hill River valley eroded […]
Abstract: The Smoky Hill River-Ladder Creek drainage divide area in Wallace, Logan, Wichita, and Scott Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south and southeast oriented floods, with flood waters derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet. The Smoky Hill River valley eroded headward from what were then newly eroded Kansas and Missouri River valleys […]
Abstract: The Ladder Creek-White Woman Creek drainage divide area in Wallace, Greeley, Wichita, and Scott Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods and by immense east and southeast oriented floods, which also probably deposited significant flood transported sediments. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and the south-oriented flood waters […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project 