Category archives for Wyoming

North Platte River-Little Snake River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in the Wyoming and Colorado Sierra Madre Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the North Platte River-Little Snake River drainage divide in the Wyoming and Colorado Sierra Madre Mountains. The Sierra Madre Mountains are a northwest to southeast oriented mountain range straddling the Wyoming-Colorado border. The North Platte River flows in a north-northwest direction on […]

North Platte River-Little Snake River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in the Wyoming northern Sierra Madre Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to identify north to south and northwest to southeast oriented through valleys crossing the North Platte River-Little Snake River drainage divide in the Wyoming northern Sierra Madre Mountains. The North Platte River flows in a north-northwest direction from Colorado into Wyoming along the east side of the […]

Separation Creek-Little Sage Creek drainage divide area landform origins along the Great Divide Basin east rim, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: Topographic map evidence in the Separation Creek-Little Sage Creek drainage divide area along the Wyoming Great Divide Basin east rim is illustrated and interpreted to determine erosional landform origins. The Great Divide Basin is a large region of internal drainage along the east-west continental divide in south central Wyoming and Separation Creek is […]

Separation Creek-North Platte River drainage divide area landform origins along the Great Divide Basin east rim, Wyoming, USA

  Abstract: Topographic map evidence in the Separation Creek-North Platte River drainage divide area along the Wyoming Great Divide Basin east rim is illustrated and discussed to determine the origin of the regional erosional landforms. Today the Great Divide Basin is a large region of internal drainage located along the east-west continental divide. The North […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bull Lake Creek-New Fork 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 Bull Lake Creek and the New Fork River along the continental divide in the Wyoming Wind River Range. Bull Lake Creek headwaters originate along the continental divide and flow in north, northeast, east, and southeast directions to join northeast […]

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 […]

North Platte River-Sweetwater River drainage divide area landform origins in the Rattlesnake Hills, Natrona County Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between North Platte River tributaries and the Sweetwater River in the Rattlesnake Hills in Natrona County, Wyoming. The North Platte River flows in a north and northeast direction between the Rattlesnake Hills to the west and the Laramie Mountains to the […]

Buffalo Creek-South Fork Powder River drainage divide area landform origins in the southern Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Buffalo Creek and the South Fork Powder River along the south and southeast flank of the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Buffalo Creek is a southeast, northeast, and north-northwest oriented tributary to the northeast oriented Middle Fork Powder River. The Middle Fork […]

Middle Fork Powder River-Buffalo Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains, USA

  Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Middle Fork Powder River and Buffalo Creek in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains. The Middle Fork Powder River originates in the southern Bighorn Mountains along the asymmetric Bighorn River-Powder River drainage divide and flows in a north, northeast, east, […]