Category archives for Solomon River

Solomon River drainage basin landform origins, Kansas, USA, overview essay

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides highlights from more detailed essays using topographic map evidence to interpret Solomon River drainage basin landform origins. The detailed essays can be found under Solomon River on this website’s sidebar category list. All interpretations of Solomon River drainage basin history in this overview […]

Republican River-Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Cloud, Ottawa, Clay, and Dickinson Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Republican River-Solomon River drainage divide area in Cloud, Ottawa, Clay, and Dickinson Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed across Nebraska into Kansas and at one time flowed further south. Headward erosion of the east-oriented Kansas River […]

Republican River-Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Nuckolls County, Nebraska and Jewell and Mitchell Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Republican River-Solomon River drainage divide area in Nuckolls County, Nebraska and Jewell and Mitchell Counties, Kansas is located in south central Nebraska and north central Kansas and was eroded by massive south-oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting ice sheet and flowed across Nebraska and into Kansas. This essay illustrates […]

Republican River-North Fork Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Franklin and Webster Counties, Nebraska and Smith County, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Republican River-North Fork Solomon River drainage divide area in Franklin and Webster Counties, Nebraska and Smith County, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet. Headward erosion of what was then a deep southeast-oriented North Fork Solomon River valley captured south-oriented flood […]

Prairie Dog Creek-North Fork Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Norton and Phillips Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Prairie Dog Creek-North Fork Solomon River drainage divide area in Norton and Phillips Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south-oriented flood flow, which flowed across Nebraska and into Kansas. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting thick North American ice sheet, which had been located in what had been an ice […]

Beaver Creek-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Red Willow County, Nebraska and Decatur and Sheridan Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Beaver Creek-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide area in Red Willow County, Nebraska and Decatur and Sheridan Counties, Kansas consists of the Beaver Creek-Sappa Creek drainage divide, the Sappa Creek-Prairie Dog Creek drainage divide, the Prairie Dog Creek-North Fork Solomon River drainage divide, the North Fork Solomon River-Bow Creek drainage divide, and the […]

North Fork Solomon River-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Norton, Phillips, Smith, Graham, Rooks, and Osborne Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The North Fork Solomon River-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide in Norton, Phillips, Smith, Graham, Rooks, and Osborne Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south-oriented floods which originally flowed across a topographic surface at least as high as the highest present day North Fork Solomon River-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide elevations. Flood waters […]

Little Beaver Creek-South Fork Solomon River drainage divide area landform origins in Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, and Thomas Counties, Kansas, USA

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 […]

Solomon River-Saline River drainage divide area landform origins in Mitchell, Lincoln, Ottawa, and Saline Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The Solomon River-Saline River drainage divide area in Mitchell, Lincoln, Ottawa, and Saline Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south-oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet. Initially flood waters flowed south on a topographic surface at least as high as the highest Solomon River-Saline River drainage […]

South Fork Solomon River-Saline River drainage divide area landform origins in Rooks, Osborne, Ellis, and Russell Counties, Kansas, USA

Abstract: The South Fork Solomon River-Saline River drainage divide area in Rooks, Osborne, Ellis, and Russell Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense south oriented floods. Flood waters were derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and initially flowed on a topographic surface at least as high as the highest South Fork Solomon River-Saline River […]

South Fork Solomon River-Saline River drainage divide area landform origins in Thomas, Sheridan, and Graham Counties, Kansas, USA

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 […]