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Snake Creek-North Platte River drainage divide area landform origins south and east of Alliance, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determine landform origins in the Snake Creek-North Platte River drainage divide area south and east of Alliance, Nebraska. The Snake Creek-North Platte River drainage divide area south and east of Alliance is located in the western Nebraska Sand Hills […]

Platte River-Wahoo Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Saunders County, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Platte River-Wahoo Creek drainage divide area was eroded by a massive south-southeast oriented flood, with flood waters systematically captured by headward erosion of the Wahoo Creek valley and tributary valleys and subsequently captured by headward erosion of the Platte River valley. Flood waters eroded a […]

Platte River-Salt Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Butler, Saunders, and Lancaster Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic evidence Abstract: The Platte River-Salt Creek drainage divide area in Butler, Saunders, and Lancaster Counties was eroded by an immense south-southeast and southeast oriented flood. Flood waters were first captured by headward erosion of the south-southeast and east oriented Platte River valley and the southeast-oriented Wahoo Creek valley from […]

Platte River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins in Cass, Lancaster, and Otoe Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Platte River-Missouri River drainage divide area in Cass, Lancaster, and Otoe Counties, Nebraska was eroded by massive southeast and south oriented floods at the time the deep Missouri River valley eroded headward into the region. Flood waters were probably melt water floods from a rapidly melting […]

Platte River-Big Blue River drainage divide area landform origins in Hamilton, Polk, Butler, York, and Seward Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Platte River-Big Blue River drainage divide area in Hamilton, Polk, Butler, York, and Seward Counties was eroded by a massive east oriented flood, which was first captured by headward erosion of the south-southeast oriented Big Blue River and later captured by headward erosion of the deeper […]

Big Blue River-Big Nemaha River drainage divide area landform origins in southeast Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract The Big Blue River-Big Nemaha River drainage divide area in southeast Nebraska was eroded by massive south and southeast oriented floods. Floods were probably from a rapidly melting ice sheet located north and northwest of the drainage divide area. Initially flood waters flowed across a topographic […]

South Fork Big Nemaha River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins in Richardson County, Nebraska and Nemaha, Brown, and Doniphan Counties, Kansas, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The South Fork Big Nemaha River-Missouri River drainage divide area in Richardson County, Nebraska and Nemaha, Brown, and Doniphan Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive southeast and south oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting thick North American ice sheet located north and […]

Delaware River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins in Brown, Doniphan, and Atchison Counties, Kansas, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: Topographic map interpretation methods are used to determined that the Delaware River-Missouri River drainage divide area in Brown, Doniphan, and Atchison Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive southeast and south oriented floods at the time the Missouri River and Delaware River valleys and their tributary valleys […]

Delaware River-Missouri River drainage divide area landform origins in Jefferson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte Counties, Kansas, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay uses topographic interpretation methods to determine landform origins in the Delaware River-Missouri River drainage divide area located in Jefferson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte Counties, Kansas.The Delaware River-Missouri River drainage divide area in Jefferson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south, southeast, and […]

Big Blue River-South Fork Big Nemaha River drainage divide area landform origins in Pawnee County, Nebraska and Marshall and Nemaha Counties, Kansas, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Big Blue River-South Fork Big Nemaha River drainage divide in Pawnee County, Nebraska and Marshall and Nemaha Counties, Kansas was eroded by immense southeast and south oriented floods, which were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet. The present day north-oriented South-Fork Big […]

Mill Creek (Big Blue River)-Republican River (Kansas River) drainage divide area landform origins in Washington, Clay, and Riley Counties, Kansas, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Mill Creek (Big Blue River)-Republican River (Kansas River) drainage divide area in Washington, Clay, and Riley Counties, Kansas was eroded by massive south-oriented floods as the deep Kansas River-Republican River valley and the deep Big Blue River-Little Blue River valley and their tributary valleys eroded […]

Little Blue River-Republican River drainage divide area landform origins in Nuckolls and Thayer Counties, Nebraska and Republic County, Kansas, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: Immense south-oriented floods eroded the Little Blue River-Republican River drainage divide area in Nuckolls and Thayer Counties, Nebraska and Republic County, Kansas. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting thick North American ice sheet. Flood waters were captured by headward erosion of the southeast-oriented […]

Turkey Creek-Little Blue River drainage divide area landform origins in Saline, Jefferson, and Gage Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: Massive south and southeast oriented floods eroded the Turkey Creek-Little Blue River drainage divide area in Saline, Jefferson, and Gage Counties, Nebraska. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting thick North American ice sheet. Flood waters initially flowed on a topographic surface higher than […]

Lincoln Creek-Turkey Creek drainage divide area landform origins in York, Seward, Fillmore, and Saline Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Lincoln Creek-Turkey Creek drainage divide area in York, Seward, Fillmore, and Saline Counties, Nebraska is a low relief region in the Big Blue River drainage basin. Lincoln Creek and Turkey Creek are the northern and southern of several northeast, east, and southeast oriented streams draining the […]

Platte River-Little Blue River drainage divide area landform origins in Hall, Hamilton, Adams, and Clay Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Platte River-Little Blue River drainage divide area in Hall, Hamilton, Adams, and Clay Counties, Nebraska was eroded by massive south and southeast oriented floods, which were beheaded by Platte River valley headward erosion. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet […]

Little Blue River-Republican River drainage divide area landform origins in Kearney, Adams, Franklin, and Webster Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Little Blue River-Republican River drainage divide area in Kearney, Adams, Franklin, and Webster Counties, Nebraska was eroded by massive south and southeast oriented floods, which initially flowed to what was then the newly eroded Republican River valley, which had eroded headward into the region from […]

Platte River-Republican River drainage divide area landform origins in Gosper and Furnas Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map interpretation Abstract: The Platte River-Republican River drainage divide area in Gosper and Furnas Counties, Nebraska was eroded by massive south-oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting thick North American ice sheet and initially flowed across Nebraska into Kansas to the south. Headward erosion of […]

Platte River-Medicine Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Lincoln and Frontier Counties, Nebraska, USA

Abstract: The Platte River-Medicine Creek drainage divide area in Lincoln and Frontier Counties, Nebraska contains evidence of massive south-oriented flood flow that occurred prior to Platte River valley headward erosion. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and initially flowed across a topographic surface at least as high as […]

Medicine Creek-Red Willow Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Lincoln, Hayes, Frontier, and Red Willow Counties, Nebraska, USA

A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: Red Willow Creek and Medicine Creek are southeast-oriented Republican River tributaries located primarily in Lincoln, Hayes, Frontier, and Red Willow Counties in southwest Nebraska. The Red Willow Creek-Medicine Creek drainage divide area was eroded by immense south-oriented floods, which were probably derived from a rapidly melting […]

Red Willow Creek-Blackwood Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Perkins, Lincoln, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties, Nebraska, USA

Abstract: The Red Willow Creek-Blackwood Creek drainage divide area in Perkins, Lincoln, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties, Nebraska was eroded by massive south-oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and flowed south across Nebraska and into Kansas. The east and southeast oriented Republican River valley eroded […]

South Platte River-Frenchman Creek drainage divide area landform origins in Keith, Perkins, and Chase Counties, Nebraska, USA

Abstract: The South Platte River-Frenchman Creek drainage divide area in Keith, Perkins, and Chase Counties, Nebraska was eroded by massive south and/or southeast oriented flood flow, which originally flowed across Nebraska and into Kansas. Headward erosion of present day valleys captured the south-oriented flood flow in an identifiable sequence and diverted flood waters to what […]

Frenchman Creek-Republican River drainage divide area landform origins in Chase, Hayes, Dundy, and Hitchcock Counties, Nebraska, USA

Abstract: The Frenchman Creek-Republican River drainage divide area in Chase, Hayes, Dundy, and Hitchcock Counties, Nebraska was eroded by immense southeast and south-southeast oriented floods. Flood waters were probably derived from a rapidly melting North American ice sheet and originally flowed across southwest Nebraska and into Kansas and then further south to the Gulf of […]