Category archives for MT Missouri River

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 […]

Wood River-Poplar River drainage divide area landform origins, southern Saskatchewan, Canada

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins for the Wood River-Poplar River drainage divide in southern Saskatchewan. The Wood River is a north-oriented drainage route flowing to Old Wives Lake, which today has no outlet. The Poplar River is a south and southeast-oriented Missouri River tributary originating in southern Saskatchewan and […]

Poplar River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Daniels, Valley, and Roosevelt Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Poplar River-Missouri River drainage divide area in Daniels, Valley, and Roosevelt Counties, Montana. The Poplar River originates in the Wood Mountain region of southern Saskatchewan and flows in a southeast and south direction to join the east oriented Missouri River near Poplar, Montana. […]

Marias River-Big Sandy Creek drainage divide area landform origins, Chouteau County, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins for the Marias River-Big Sandy Creek drainage divide area in northern Chouteau County, Montana. The study region is bounded on the west by the east and south oriented Marias River, the south by the northeast-oriented Missouri River, the east by the north-northeast oriented Missouri River-Big […]

Little Prickly Pear Creek-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map evidence is used to interpret landform origins in the Little Prickly Pear Creek-Missouri River drainage divide area located in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The Missouri River flows in a north and north-northwest direction along the study region east boundary. Little Prickly Pear Creek flows in an east-northeast, north, and north-northeast direction […]

Origin of North America east-west continental divide, Little Prickly Pear Creek-Blackfoot River drainage divide area, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to interpret landform origins along the Montana Little Prickly Pear Creek-Blackfoot River drainage divide segment of North America’s east-west continental divide. Little Prickly Creek originates on the east side of the east-west continental divide and flows in an east, north, and north-northeast direction to join the Missouri River […]

Teton River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Chouteau County, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Teton River-Missouri River drainage divide area located in Chouteau County, Montana. No effort has been made to introduce evidence from other sources. The Teton River originates in the Montana Rocky Mountains and flows in roughly an east direction onto the Montana plains […]

Sun River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Cascade County, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Sun River-Missouri River drainage divide area of Cascade County, Montana. The Missouri River flows in a northeast direction through Cascade County passing the communities of Cascade and Great Falls and is joined by north-northwest oriented tributaries from the south. The Sun River […]

South Fork Dearborn River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map interpretation methods to determine landform origins in the South Fork Dearborn River-Missouri River drainage divide area located in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. No effort has been made to introduce evidence from other sources. The Missouri River flows in a north-northwest and north-northeast direction along the study region’s east […]

Sixteenmile Creek-Gallatin River drainage divide area landform origins, Gallatin County, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Sixteenmile Creek-Gallatin River drainage divide area located in Gallatin County, Montana. Sixteenmile Creek is a southwest, northwest, and west oriented stream flowing between the Big Belt Mountains to the north and the Bridger Range to the south and flows to the north-oriented […]

Sixteenmile Creek-Shields River drainage divide area landform origins, central Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation techniques are used to determine landform origins in the Sixteenmile Creek-Shields River drainage divide area located in central Montana. The Shields River is a southwest and south-southeast oriented Yellowstone River tributary and drains the northern Crazy Mountains and the south end of a broad north-south oriented through valley with the Shields […]

Montana Smith River drainage basin landform origins overview essay

This essay is an overview of a essays describing landform origins for drainage divides between Montana’s Smith River tributaries and between the Smith River drainage basin and adjacent drainage basins. The Smith River is a north-northwest oriented Missouri River tributary located in central Montana. The north-northwest oriented Smith River (and South Fork Smith River) valley […]

Smith River-Belt Creek drainage divide area landform origins north of Little Belt Mountains, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Montana Smith River-Belt Creek drainage divide area north of the Little Belt Mountains. Today the Smith River and Belt Creek are north-oriented tributaries to the northeast-oriented Missouri River in eastern Cascade County, Montana with Belt Creek located east of the Smith River. […]

Missouri River-Hound Creek drainage divide area landform origins Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Missouri River-Hound Creek drainage divide area in Lewis and Clark and Cascade Counties, Montana. The study region is today a region of high mountains and deep valleys located between the north-northwest and north-northeast oriented Missouri River and east and north-oriented Hound Creek. […]

Hound Creek-Smith River drainage divide area landform origins, Cascade and Meagher Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Hound Creek-Smith River drainage divide area located in Cascade and Meagher Counties, Montana. The Smith River is a north and north-northwest oriented tributary to the northeast-oriented Missouri River in central Montana and is located east of the Big Belt Mountains. The north-northwest […]

South Fork Smith River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins, Meagher and Broadwater Counties, Montana, USA

Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to interpret South Fork Smith River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins in the Big Belt Mountains area of Meagher and Broadwater Counties, Montana. West of the Big Belt Mountains the Missouri River flows in a north-northwest direction and then in a northeast direction north of the mountains. […]