Category archives for Rocky Mountain National Park

Big Thompson River-Little Thompson River drainage divide area landform origins in the Colorado Front Range, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Big Thompson River-Little Thompson River drainage divide area in the Colorado Front Range. The Big Thompson River originates in Rocky Mountain National Park and flows in a southeast, northeast, and east-southeast direction onto the Colorado Piedmont before turning in a southeast […]

Michigan River-Colorado River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in the Colorado Never Summer Range, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Michigan River-Colorado River drainage divide area in the Colorado Never Summer Range. The Never Summer Mountains are located west of the south oriented Colorado River headwaters valley in western Rocky Mountain National Park. North of the Never Summer Mountains are the […]