Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Pryor Creek and the Bighorn River in Yellowstone and Big Horn Counties, Montana. Pryor Creek is a northwest, north, and north-northeast oriented Yellowstone River tributary originating in the Pryor Mountains, which are located south of Billings, Montana. East of Pryor […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between north oriented Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River and north oriented Pryor Creek in south central Montana. Pryor Creek is a northwest, north, and north-northeast oriented Yellowstone River tributary originating the Pryor Mountains, which are located south of Billings, Montana. […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Rosebud Creek and Rock Creek north 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 high Beartooth Mountains and flow in northeast and north-northeast directions […]
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 Boulder River and Buffalo Creek drainage basins in the northern Absaroka Range, which is located in south central Montana. The Boulder River flows in a north and northeast direction from the high Absaroka Range to join the east and […]
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 […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Yellowstone River and the Boulder River at the north end of the Absaroka Range, which is located north of Yellowstone National Park in south central Montana. The Absaroka Range straddles the Montana-Wyoming state line in the Yellowstone National Park […]
Abstract: The Fish Creek-Sweet Grass Creek drainage divide area discussed here is located in south central Montana, USA and this essay interprets landform origins using topographic map evidence. Fish Creek is an east-northeast oriented Musselshell River tributary and originates just east of the Crazy Mountains. Sweet Grass Creek originates in the Crazy Mountains and flows […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essays describing North and South Dakota Grand River drainage basin landform origins. The detailed essays can be found under SD Grand River on this website’s sidebar category list. The Grand River drainage basin is located in southwest North […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essays describing Moreau River drainage basin landform origins. The detailed essays can be found under Moreau River on this website’s sidebar category list. The Moreau River drainage basin is located in northwest South Dakota. To the west is […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Bad River drainage basin is located in western South Dakota. The Bad River originates east of the Black Hills near Wall, South Dakota and flows in an east-northeast and northeast direction to join the southeast-oriented Missouri River near Fort Pierre, South Dakota as a barbed […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The White River originates as a southeast-oriented river in northwest Nebraska and then turns to flow in a northeast direction into western South Dakota before turning to flow in a generally east direction to the southeast-oriented Missouri River. The White River drainage basin includes most of […]
A collection of detailed research data based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project introduces a fundamentally new and different geomorphology paradigm by interpreting previously unexplained topographic map evidence to determine origins for all major Missouri River drainage basin drainage divides. Detailed essays illustrating and describing interpreted topographic […]
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 map evidence Abstract: This overview essay provides highlights from more detailed essays describing the Redwater River drainage basin, which is located in eastern Montana and is a northeast and north-oriented Missouri River tributary. The detailed essays can be found under Redwater River on this website’s sidebar category list. To […]
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 Montana Missouri River drainage basin (upstream from the Yellowstone River confluence near the Montana-North Dakota border). The detailed essays can be […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essays illustrating and discussing the northeast Montana Big Dry Creek drainage basin drainage history. The detailed essays can be under Big Dry Creek on this website’s sidebar category list. All interpretations in this essay and in the more […]
Abstract: The Milk River originates in the Glacier National Park region west of Browning, Montana and flows in a northeast direction into Alberta before turning to flow in a southeast direction to Havre, Montana and then in an east and southeast direction to join the east-oriented Missouri River east of Glasgow, Montana. This overview […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed essay which illustrate and discuss topographic map evidence pertaining to Judith River drainage basin drainage history. The detailed essays can be found under Judith River on this website’s sidebar category list. The Judith River is a north-oriented Missouri […]
Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project 