Wyoming – Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between South Piney Creek and North Clear Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. North Clear Creek originates east of Florence Pass in the high Bighorn Mountains and flows in an east direction to near the Bighorn Mountains east slope base […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Goose Creek and Piney Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Big and Little Goose Creek headwaters originate north of north-to-south oriented passes across the high Bighorn Mountains and flow in north directions to converge east of the Bighorn Mountains […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Tongue River and Goose Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. The Bighorn Mountains are a north to south oriented mountain range in north central Wyoming and are located between the Powder River Basin to the east and the […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Bighorn River and Little Bighorn River in northern Wyoming. The Bighorn River flows in a north direction along the west side of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming and near the Montana-Wyoming state line turns to flow in a northeast […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Tongue River and Shell Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. The Tongue River and Shell Creek originate in same region of the high Bighorn Mountains, but flow to opposite sides of the Bighorn Mountains. The Tongue River flows in […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Paint Rock Creek and Tensleep Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Paint Rock Creek and Tensleep Creek originate in the high Bighorn Mountains and flow in southwest directions to join the northwest oriented Nowood River, which flows along the […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Shell Creek and the Nowood River in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn Basin. Shell Creek is a northwest and west-southwest oriented stream originating on the crest of the high Bighorn Mountains and joining the north oriented Bighorn River […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowood River and Nowater Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin. The Nowood River flows in a northeast, north, and northwest direction along the southeast side of the Bighorn Basin and then into the Bighorn Basin to join the north oriented […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowood River and Powder River in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. The Nowood River is located along the east side of southern Bighorn Basin and flows in a north direction along the Bighorn Mountains west flank before turning to flow […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowood River and Badwater Creek in the southern Bighorn Mountains. The Nowood River is a northeast, north, and northwest oriented drainage route flowing from the Bighorn Basin south margin along the Bighorn Basin east margin and then into the […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowater Creek and Badwater Creek in the southern Bighorn Basin and Wyoming Bridger Mountains and is located in the region directly east of Wind River Canyon. Nowater Creek flows in a north and northwest direction from the steep Bridger […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Owl Creek and the Wind River in the Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming. The Wind River flows in a southeast direction between the Owl Creek Mountains and the Wind River Range into the Wind River Basin where it turns to […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Cottonwood Creek and Owl Creek in the Owl Creek Mountains and southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Cottonwood Creek and Owl Creek have headwaters in the southern Absaroka Range and then flow in generally east directions along the Owl Creek Mountains north […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Gooseberry Creek and Cottonwood Creek in the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Gooseberry Creek and Cottonwood Creek originate in the same general region at the Absaroka Range southeast end and then diverge to flow along separate, but generally east oriented routes […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Fifteenmile Creek and Gooseberry Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin. Gooseberry Creek flows in a north direction from Absaroka Range southeast end into the Bighorn Basin and then turns to flow in an east and southeast direction to join the […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Greybull River and Fifteenmile Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin. The Greybull River originates in the Absaroka Range and flows to Meeteetse in the Bighorn Basin before turning to flow in a northeast, east-southeast, and northeast direction to join […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the Greybull River and Wind River drainage divide area located in the Wyoming Absaroka Range. The Wind River flows in a southeast direction between the Absaroka Range and the Wind River Mountains into the Wind River Basin and then turns to flow in […]

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 […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the South Fork Shoshone River and Greybull River in Park County, Wyoming. The South Fork Shoshone River and the Greybull Rivers originate in the southern Absaroka Range and flow in a north, north-northeast, and northeast directions between high mountain ridges […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Shoshone River and Greybull River in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin. The Shoshone River headwaters originate in the Absaroka Mountains and converge near Cody, Wyoming to form the northeast oriented Shoshone River, which flows across the northern Bighorn Basin to […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the North Fork Shoshone River and the South Fork Shoshone River in the Absaroka Range located in northwest Wyoming. The North Fork Shoshone River flows in an east direction to join the northeast oriented South Fork Shoshone River at […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and the Shoshone River in the Wyoming Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains. Clarks Fork Yellowstone River flows in a southeast direction almost to east edge of the Beartooth Mountains before it is joined by northeast oriented […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Yellowstone River and the North Fork Shoshone River east of Yellowstone National Park along the Absaroka Range crest ridge in Wyoming. The Yellowstone River flows in a north-northwest direction to Yellowstone Lake and then in a northwest, northeast, […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Lamar River drainage basin and the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River drainage basin in the Absaroka Range along the Yellowstone National Park eastern boundary, Wyoming and Montana. The Lamar River flows in a west and northwest direction in Yellowstone National […]

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Snake River and Wind River along the continental divide in northwest Wyoming. The Snake River flows in a south direction from Yellowstone National Park to and through Grand Teton National Park and is joined by west and northwest […]

Category archives for Wyoming

Piney Creek-Clear Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Goose Creek-Piney Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Tongue River-Goose Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Bighorn River-Little Bighorn River drainage divide area landform origins in the northern Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Tongue River-Shell Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Paint Rock Creek-Tensleep Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Shell Creek-Nowood River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn Basin, USA

Nowood River-Nowater Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin, USA

Nowood River-Powder River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains, USA

Nowood River-Badwater Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the southern Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, USA

Nowater Creek-Badwater Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the southern Bighorn Basin and Wyoming Bridger Mountains, USA

Owl Creek-Wind River drainage divide area landform origins in the Owl Creek Mountains, Wyoming, USA

Cottonwood Creek-Owl Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Owl Creek Mountains and southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Gooseberry Creek-Cottonwood Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Fifteenmile Creek-Gooseberry drainage divide area landform origins in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Greybull River-Fifteenmile Creek drainage divide area landform origins in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA

Greybull River-Wind River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Absaroka Range, USA

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

South Fork Shoshone River-Greybull River drainage divide area landform origins, Park County, Wyoming, USA

Shoshone River-Greybull River drainage divide area landform origins in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin, USA

North Fork Shoshone River-South Fork Shoshone River drainage divide area landform origins in the Absaroka Mountains, northwest Wyoming, USA

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River-Shoshone River drainage divide area landform origins, Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming, USA

Yellowstone River-North Fork Shoshone River drainage divide area landform origins east of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Lamar River- Clarks Fork Yellowstone River drainage divide area landform origins along Yellowstone National Park eastern boundary, Montana and Wyoming, USA

Snake River-Wind River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in northwest Wyoming, USA