Category archives for Wyoming

Lodgepole Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area landform origins near the Wyoming-Nebraska-Colorado corner, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Lodgepole Creek-South Platte River drainage divide area near the Wyoming-Nebraska-Colorado corner. The South Platte River flows in a north direction just east of the Colorado Front Range into northern Colorado and then turns in an east-southeast, east, and northeast direction to […]

Laramie River-North Fork Cache la Poudre River drainage divide area landform origins along the Wyoming-Colorado border, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Laramie River–North Fork Cache la Poudre River drainage divide area along the Wyoming-Colorado border. The Laramie River flows in a north direction between the Medicine Bow Mountains and the Colorado Laramie Mountains and then in a northeast and north direction in […]

Horse Creek-Pumpkin Creek drainage divide area landform origins along the Wyoming and Nebraska border and east of Goshen Hole, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Horse Creek-Pumpkin Creek drainage divide area along the Wyoming-Nebraska border just east of the Goshen Hole basin. Horse Creek originates at the west edge of the Wyoming Laramie Mountains and flows in an east-northeast direction across the Laramie Mountains to near […]

Chugwater Creek-Horse Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming and Nebraska Goshen Hole region, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Chugwater Creek-Horse Creek drainage divide area in the Wyoming and Nebraska Goshen Hole region. Goshen Hole is a large and deep east oriented escarpment surrounded basin located between the southeast oriented North Platte River valley and the north to south oriented […]

Chugwater Creek-Goshen Hole drainage divide area landform origins east of the Wyoming Laramie Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Chugwater Creek-Goshen Hole drainage divide area east of the Wyoming Laramie Mountains. Goshen Hole is a large east-oriented escarpment-surrounded basin in eastern Wyoming and drains to the southeast oriented North Platte River in adjacent western Nebraska. Chugwater Creek originates in the […]

North Platte River-Bates Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Laramie Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the North Platte River-Bates Creek drainage divide area in the Wyoming Laramie Mountains. The North Platte River flows in a north, north-northeast, northeast, east, south, and southeast direction around the northwest end of the southeast and south oriented Laramie Mountains. Bates Creek […]

Muddy Creek-Medicine Bow River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Shirley and Freezeout Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Muddy Creek-Medicine Bow River drainage divide area in the Wyoming Shirley and Freezeout Mountains. Muddy Creek is a an east, southeast, and south oriented stream flowing from the Shirley Mountains around the Freezeout Mountains to the southwest and west-northwest oriented Little […]

Medicine Bow River-Laramie River drainage divide area landform origins between the Wyoming Medicine Bow and Laramie Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Medicine Bow River-Laramie River drainage divide area between the Wyoming Medicine Bow and Laramie Mountains. The Laramie Mountains extends in a southeast and south direction from central Wyoming to the Wyoming-Colorado state line. The Laramie Basin is located west and south […]

Medicine Bow River-North Platte River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Medicine Bow Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Medicine Bow River-North Platte River drainage divide area in the Wyoming Medicine Bow Mountains. The Medicine Bow Mountains extend in a north-northwest to south-southeast direction across the Wyoming-Colorado border and the North Platte River flows in a north-northwest direction along west […]

Douglas Creek-Laramie River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Medicine Bow Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Douglas Creek-Laramie River drainage divide area in the Wyoming Medicine Bow Mountains. The Medicine Bow Mountains extend in a north-northwest direction across the Colorado-Wyoming border with the north-northwest oriented North Platte River valley located along the west flank and the north […]

Encampment River-Elk River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in the Wyoming and Colorado Sierra Madre Mountains and Park Range, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Encampment River-Elk River drainage divide area in the Wyoming and Colorado Sierra Madre Mountains and Park Range. The North Platte River flows in a north and north-northwest direction east of the Park Range in Colorado and northeast of the Sierra Madre […]