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Yellowstone River-Pacific Creek drainage divide area landform origins along continental divide south of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

  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 […]

Madison River-Snake River drainage divide area landform origins along the continental divide in western Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

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 […]