Category archives for Sweetwater River

Sweetwater River-Great Divide Basin drainage divide area landform origins near the Ferris Mountain, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Sweetwater River-Great Divide Basin drainage divide area located near the Wyoming Ferris Mountains. The Ferris Mountains are a west-northwest to east-southeast oriented mountain ridge located between Green Mountain to the west and the Seminoe Mountains to the southeast. The Sweetwater River flows […]

Sweetwater River-Lost Creek (Great Divide Basin) drainage divide area landform origins near Green Mountain, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: Topographic map evidence in the Sweetwater River-Lost Creek drainage divide area near Green Mountain in Wyoming is illustrated and discussed to determine the origin of the regional erosional landforms, including drainage routes and water and wind gaps. Green Mountain is a northwest to southeast oriented mountain south of the east oriented Sweetwater River […]

Popo Agie River-Big Sandy River drainage divide area landform origins along the east-west continental divide in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Popo Agie River and the Big Sandy River along the continental divide in the Wyoming Wind River Range. The Big Sandy River originates in the high Wind River Mountains and flows in south direction with water eventually reaching the […]

Beaver Creek-Sweetwater River drainage divide area landform origins between Wind River Range southeast end and Crooks Mountain, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Beaver Creek and the Sweetwater River from the Wind River Range southeast end to Crooks Mountain area, Wyoming and also includes the Sweetwater River-East Alkali Creek drainage divide area in the Crooks Mountain area. Beaver Creek originates at the […]

Deer Creek-Sweetwater River drainage divide area landform origins at the Beaver Divide eastern end, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Deer Creek and Sweetwater River tributaries at the Beaver Divide eastern end in central Wyoming. The Beaver Divide is a north-facing escarpment and the drainage divide between north-oriented drainage routes to the Wind River and south oriented drainage routes […]