Category archives for Missouri Coteau

Poplar River-Big Muddy Creek drainage divide landform origins, northeast Montana, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Poplar River-Big Muddy Creek drainage divide area discussed here is located in northeast Montana, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Poplar River-Big Muddy Creek drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to […]

Big Muddy Creek-Little Muddy Creek drainage divide area landform origins, northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Big Muddy Creek-Little Muddy River drainage divide area discussed here is located in northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Big Muddy Creek-Little Muddy River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence […]

Little Muddy River-White Earth River drainage divide area landform origins, northwest North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Muddy River-White Earth River drainage divide area discussed here is located in northwest North Dakota, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Little Muddy River-White Earth River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously […]

White Earth River-Little Knife River drainage divide area landform origins, northwest North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The White Earth River-Little Knife River drainage divide area discussed here is located in northwest North Dakota, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the White Earth River-Little Knife River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously […]

Missouri River-Des Lacs River drainage divide area landform origins between Little Knife River and Shell Creek, Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-Des Lacs River drainage divide area between Little Knife River and Shell Creek discussed here is located in Mountrail County, North Dakota, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Missouri River-Des Lacs River drainage divide area between Little Knife River and Shell Creek have […]

Missouri River-Souris River drainage divide area landform origins in Ward and McLean Counties, North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-Souris River drainage divide area east of Shell Creek discussed here is primarily located in Ward and McLean Counties, North Dakota, USA. Major landforms present besides the river valleys include the Missouri Escarpment and the Missouri Coteau. Landforms in the drainage divide area formed […]

Missouri River-Sheyenne River drainage divide area landform origins, central North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence  Abstract: The Missouri River-Sheyenne River drainage divide area discussed here is located in central North Dakota, USA. Major landforms present include the Missouri Escarpment and the Missouri Coteau. The Sheyenne River originates near a major indentation in the Missouri Escarpment at Lincoln Valley. Landforms in the drainage […]

Pipestem Creek-James River drainage divide area landform origins in Wells, Foster, and Stutsman Counties, North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Pipestem Creek-James River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wells, Foster, and Stutsman Counties, North Dakota, USA. Major nearby landforms present include the Missouri Escarpment and the Missouri Coteau. Pipestem Creek is a major James River tributary, which flows along the Missouri Escarpment […]

Missouri River-Apple Creek-Pipestem Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Burleigh, Kidder, and Stutsman Counties, North Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-Apple Creek-Pipestem Creek drainage divide area is located in Burleigh, Kidder, and Stutstman Counties, North Dakota and is bounded on the west by the south-southeast oriented Missouri River valley and on the east by the south-southest oriented Pipestem Creek valley. Apple Creek is a […]

Missouri Coteau-James River drainage divide area landform origins in Dickey County, North Dakota and McPherson and Brown Counties, South Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri Coteau-James River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Dickey County, North Dakota and McPherson and Brown Counties, South Dakota, USA. The Missouri Coteau is a region of small interior drainage basins and is underlain by thick glacial debris interpreted to have been […]

Missouri River-Missouri Escarpment drainage divide area landform origins along the North Dakota-South Dakota border, USA

A geomorphic based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-Missouri Escarpment drainage divide area along the North Dakota-South Dakota border includes areas in Emmons, McIntosh, and Dickey Counties, North Dakota and areas in Campbell and McPherson Counties, South Dakota. Between the south-oriented Missouri Coteau and the east-facing Missouri Escarpment is the Missouri Coteau, which […]

Missouri River-James River drainage divide landform origins in Walworth, Edmunds, Potter, and Faulk Counties, South Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area in Walworth, Edmunds, Potter, and Faulk Counties, South Dakota is located in north central South Dakota. Between the south-oriented Missouri River to the west and the south-oriented James River to the east in the drainage divide area is the […]

Missouri River-James River drainage divide area landform origins in Buffalo, Jerauld, Brule, and Aurora Counties, South Dakota, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River-James River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Buffalo, Jerauld, Brule, and Aurora Counties, South Dakota and also includes some areas in Hyde and Hand Counties. Major landforms illustrated and discussed include the Missouri River valley, a Missouri Coteau upland surface remnant, […]

South Saskatchewan River-Big Muddy Creek drainage divide landform origins, southern Saskatchewan, Canada

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the South Saskatchewan River-Big Muddy Creek drainage divide area located south and west of the northeast-facing Missouri Escarpment in southern Saskatchewan. Today a southeast and south oriented discontinuous drainage route extends from the deep northeast-oriented South Saskatchewan River valley edge to the southeast and […]