Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Salt Creek and the North Platte River in central Wyoming. The study region is located north of an east oriented North Platte River segment located just north of the northwest end of the Laramie Mountains. The North Platte River […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between South Fork Powder River and Casper Creek in Natrona County, Wyoming. The South Fork Powder River and Middle Fork Casper Creek and their tributaries originate in the Rattlesnake Hills and flow in northeast directions parallel to each other before […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Wind River and the Powder River south of the Bighorn Mountains. A broad low relief west-to-east oriented through valley between the Bighorn Mountains to the north and the Rattlesnake Hills to the south links the north-northeast oriented South […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Buffalo Creek and the South Fork Powder River along the south and southeast flank of the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Buffalo Creek is a southeast, northeast, and north-northwest oriented tributary to the northeast oriented Middle Fork Powder River. The Middle Fork […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Middle Fork Powder River and Buffalo Creek in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains. The Middle Fork Powder River originates in the southern Bighorn Mountains along the asymmetric Bighorn River-Powder River drainage divide and flows in a north, northeast, east, […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the North Fork Powder River and the Middle Fork Powder River in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains. The North Fork Powder River originates on the west edge of Bighorn Mountains upland surface and flows in a south direction […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Clear Creek and Crazy Woman Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Clear Creek headwaters originate in the high Bighorn Mountains and flow in southeast, east, and northeast directions to converge in a north to south oriented through valley along […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between South Piney Creek and North Clear Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. North Clear Creek originates east of Florence Pass in the high Bighorn Mountains and flows in an east direction to near the Bighorn Mountains east slope base […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Goose Creek and Piney Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Big and Little Goose Creek headwaters originate north of north-to-south oriented passes across the high Bighorn Mountains and flow in north directions to converge east of the Bighorn Mountains […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowood River and Powder River in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. The Nowood River is located along the east side of southern Bighorn Basin and flows in a north direction along the Bighorn Mountains west flank before turning to flow […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowood River and Badwater Creek in the southern Bighorn Mountains. The Nowood River is a northeast, north, and northwest oriented drainage route flowing from the Bighorn Basin south margin along the Bighorn Basin east margin and then into the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This overview essay provides highlights from more detailed essays which use topographic map evidence to interpret the history of drainage divides within and surrounding the Powder River drainage basin. Detailed essays can be found under Powder River on this website’s sidebar category list. Detailed essays describing […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-O’Fallon Creek drainage divide area discussed here is located in eastern Montana, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Powder River-O’Fallon Creek drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to interpret the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Powder River-Little Missouri River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Montana’s southeast corner and Wyoming’s northeast corner, near where Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana meet. Although detailed topographic maps of this Little Powder River-Little Missouri River drainage divide area have been available […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Little Powder River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wyoming’s northeast corner and is immediately south of the Montana state line. Although detailed topographic maps of this Powder River-Little Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Little Powder River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Montana’s southeast corner and is immediately north of the Wyoming state line. Although detailed topographic maps of this Powder River-Little Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wyoming’s northeast quadrant. Although detailed topographic maps of this Powder River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Boxelder Creek drainage divide area discussed here is located in eastern Montana, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Powder River-Boxelder Creek drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to interpret the region’s […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Mizpah Creek-Powder River drainage divide area discussed here is located in southeastern Montana, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Mizpah Creek-Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to interpret the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Pumpkin Creek-Mizpah Creek drainage divide area discussed here is located in southeastern Montana, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Pumpkin Creek-Mizpah Creek drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to interpret the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Crazy Woman Creek-Powder River drainage divide area discussed here is located in northeastern Wyoming, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Crazy Woman Creek-Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Clear Creek-Powder River and Clear Creek-Crazy Woman Creek drainage divide area east of the Bighorn Mountains discussed here is located in northern Wyoming, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Clear Creek-Powder River and Clear Creek-Crazy Woman Creek drainage divide area have been available for […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Tongue River-Powder River and Clear Creek drainage divide area northeast of the Bighorn Mountains discussed here is located in northern Wyoming, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Tongue River-Powder River and Clear Creek drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Cheyenne River drainage divide area is located in the Wyoming Powder River Basin, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Powder River-Cheyenne River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to interpret […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Otter Creek-Powder River drainage divide area is located in southeastern Montana, USA and Otter Creek is a Tongue River tributary. Although detailed topographic maps of the Otter Creek-Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not […]