Category archives for Tarkio River

Missouri River-Tarkio River drainage divide area landform origins in Fremont and Page Counties, Iowa and Atchison County, Missouri, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Missouri River-Tarkio River drainage divide area located in Fremont and Page Counties, Iowa and Atchison County, Missouri. The Missouri River flows in a south-southeast direction along the Fremont and Atchison County western borders. The Tarkio River and its major tributaries flow in […]

Tarkio River-Nodaway River drainage divide area landform origins in Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway Counties, Missouri, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Tarkio River-Nodaway River drainage divide area located in Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway Counties of northwest Missouri. The Tarkio and Nodaway Rivers are two of several rivers which originate in southwest Iowa and flow in south-southwest and/or south directions to join the southeast-oriented […]