Tag archives for east-west continental divide

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

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 […]

Medicine Lodge Creek-Lemhi River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide, Beaverhead County, Montana and Lemhi County, Idaho, USA

Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins along the continental divide between Medicine Lodge Creek in Beaverhead County, Montana and the Lemhi River in Lemhi County, Idaho. The continental divide follows the crest of the Beaverhead Mountains. The Lemhi River flows in a north-northwest direction on the west side of the […]