Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Yellowstone River and Pacific Creek along the continental divide south of Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone River originates in the high Thorofare Plateau region of the Absaroka Range and flows in a northwest and north direction to the […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Yellowstone and Snake Rivers along the continental divide in Yellowstone National Park, which is located in northwest Wyoming and is south of Yellowstone Lake. The Yellowstone River flows in a north direction to the east edge of the […]
Yellowstone River-Gibbon River drainage divide area landform origins in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Yellowstone and Gibbon Rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. North of Yellowstone Lake the Yellowstone River flows in a north-northwest, northeast, and northwest direction […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide in western Yellowstone National Park between the Madison River and Snake River. More specifically this essay addresses the continental divide segment west of Yellowstone Lake between the north oriented Firehole River, which flows to the north oriented Madison River, and […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Rotten Grass Creek and the Little Bighorn River in Big Horn County, Montana. Rotten Grass Creek is a northeast, north, and north-northwest oriented Bighorn River tributary originating in the high Bighorn Mountains near the Montana-Wyoming state line. The Little Bighorn […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and the Bighorn River and its Shoshone River tributary near the Montana-Wyoming border. Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River originates in the Montana Beartooth Mountains and flows in a southeast direction into Wyoming before turning […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins located in the Beartooth Mountains along the Montana-Wyoming state line east of Yellowstone National Park and between north oriented Rock Creek headwaters and tributaries and the southeast and north-northeast oriented Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River drainage basin . Rock Creek originates in the high […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between north oriented Rosebud Creek headwaters and tributaries and south oriented Clarks Fork Yellowstone River tributaries in the Beartooth Mountains, which are located along the Montana-Wyoming state line east of Yellowstone National Park. West and East Rosebud Creek originate in the […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the north oriented Stillwater River and southwest and south oriented Lamar River tributaries in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, which is located in south central Montana, north and east of the Yellowstone National Park northeast corner. The Absaroka Range straddles the Montana-Wyoming state […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Mill Creek and Hellroaring Creek in the northern Absaroka Range, which is located just north of Yellowstone National Park in south central Montana. The Yellowstone River flows in a northwest direction as it leaves Yellowstone National Park and Wyoming […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Missouri River originates in northeast Wyoming and flows in a northeast and north direction across the southeast corner of Montana and the northwest corner of South Dakota into southwest North Dakota. In west-central North Dakota the north-oriented Little Missouri River makes a turn to […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essays using topographic map evidence to illustrate and describe Belle Fourche River drainage basin landform origins. The detailed essays can be found under Belle Fourche River on this website’s sidebar category list. The Belle Fourche River drainage basin […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Cheyenne River drainage basin is located in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming and includes the Black Hills upland region. The Cheyenne River originates in eastern Wyoming and flows in a southeast and northeast direction around the Black Hills south end, while a major Cheyenne […]
This overview essay provides highlights from more detailed essays using topographic map evidence to illustrate and interpret Black Hills landform origins. Detailed essays can be found under Black Hills region on this website’s sidebar category list. The Black Hills are highland region located in western South Dakota and northeast Wyoming and rise 1000 meters or more […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This overview essay provides highlights from more detailed essays which use topographic map evidence to interpret the history of drainage divides within and surrounding the Powder River drainage basin. Detailed essays can be found under Powder River on this website’s sidebar category list. Detailed essays describing […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essays which use topographic map evidence to describe the history of drainage divides surrounding the Yellowstone River drainage basin and also of drainage divides within the Yellowstone River drainage basin. Detailed essays can be found under Yellowstone River […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essays which use topographic map evidence to interpret the history of drainage divides within and surrounding the Tongue River drainage basin. Detailed essays can be found under Tongue River on this website’s sidebar category list. Detailed essays describing […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This overview essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret the history of drainage divides within and surrounding the Bighorn River drainage basin. Detailed essays describing a few Bighorn River drainage divide areas near the Yellowstone River in Montana have been written and can be found under […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic maps Abstract: This overview essay provides highlights from more detailed essays illustrating and describing topographic map evidence which is interpreted to determine origins of drainage divides between all major Platte River tributary drainage basins and Platte River drainage divides with all major adjacent drainage basins. Detailed essays upon which […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Belle Fourche River-Cheyenne River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wyoming’s northeast quadrant. Although detailed topographic maps of this Belle Fourche River-Cheyenne River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Missouri River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area northeast of Stoneville Flats discussed here is located in Montana’s southeast corner, where Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming meet. Although detailed topographic maps of this Little Missouri River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area have been available for […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Missouri River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wyoming’s northeast corner, where Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana meet. Although detailed topographic maps of this Little Missouri River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Powder River-Little Missouri River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Montana’s southeast corner and Wyoming’s northeast corner, near where Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana meet. Although detailed topographic maps of this Little Powder River-Little Missouri River drainage divide area have been available […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Little Powder River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wyoming’s northeast corner and is immediately south of the Montana state line. Although detailed topographic maps of this Powder River-Little Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Powder River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area discussed here is located in Wyoming’s northeast quadrant. Although detailed topographic maps of this Powder River-Belle Fourche River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to […]
Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project 