Category archives for Snake River

Evidence for south-oriented drainage in the present day Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson River drainage basins

Abstract: Multiple deep passes crossing the present-day east-west continental divide and numerous south-oriented tributaries flowing to the present-day north-oriented Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock, and Missouri Rivers provide evidence the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock valleys originated as diverging channels in a large-scale south-oriented anastomosing channel complex that was subsequently reversed to form the present-day north-oriented Gallatin, […]

Wind River-Gros Ventre River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in the Wyoming Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Wind River and Fish Creek (which is a the Gros Ventre River tributary) along the continental divide in the Wyoming Wind River Range. The Gros Ventre River is a northwest and southwest oriented tributary to the Snake River, which […]

South Fork Shoshone River-Snake River drainage divide area landform origins, along continental divide, Absaroka Range, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the South Fork Shoshone River and Snake River along the continental divide in the Wyoming Absaroka Range,. The South Fork Shoshone River originates in the Absaroka Range Shoshone Plateau area near the east-west continental divide and flows in a north-northeast […]

Yellowstone River-Pacific Creek drainage divide area landform origins along continental divide south of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Yellowstone River and Pacific Creek along the continental divide south of Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone River originates in the high Thorofare Plateau region of the Absaroka Range and flows in a northwest and north direction to the […]

Madison River-Snake River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in western Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide in western Yellowstone National Park between the Madison River and Snake River. More specifically this essay addresses the continental divide segment west of Yellowstone Lake between the north oriented Firehole River, which flows to the north oriented Madison River, and […]

Madison River-Henrys Fork drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide and west of Yellowstone National Park, Montana and Idaho, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide between the Madison River and Henrys Fork west of Yellowstone National Park. The Madison River flows in a west and northwest direction from Yellowstone National Park along the north edge of this essay’s study region and then turns to flow […]

Red Rock River-Henrys Fork drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide, Centennial Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana and Clark and Fremont Counties, Idaho, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide between the Red Rock River in Beaverhead County, Montana and Henrys Fork in Clark and Fremont Counties, Idaho. The continental divide segment studied in this essay is located along the Centennial Mountains east end. The Centennial Mountains are a west-to-east […]

Red Rock River-Camas Creek drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide, Centennial Mountains, Beaverhead County, Montana and Clark County, Idaho, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide between the Red Rock River in Beaverhead County, Montana and Camas Creek in Clark County, Idaho. This continental divide segment is located in the Centennial Mountains east of Monida Pass. The Centennial Mountains are a west-to-east oriented mountain range, which […]

Red Rock River-Medicine Lodge Creek (South) drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide, Beaverhead County, Montana and Clark County, Idaho, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide between the Red Rock River in Beaverhead County, Montana and Medicine Lodge Creek in Clark County, Idaho. The continental divide segment investigated in this essay extends from Bannack Pass in the west to Monida Pass in the east and is […]