Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Little Blackfoot River and the Missouri River along the east-west continental divide in Lewis and Clark and Powell Counties, Montana. East of the continental divide the Missouri River flows in a north-northwest direction in eastern Lewis and Clark County before […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between the Bighorn River and Rotten Grass Creek in Big Horn County, Montana. North of the Wyoming state line the Bighorn River flows in a deep northeast oriented canyon across the north end of the Bighorn Mountains and then flows in […]
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 […]
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 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 Shields River-Yellowstone River drainage divide area in the Crazy Mountains discussed here is located in south central Montana, USA and this essay interprets landform origins using topographic map evidence. The Crazy Mountains are an isolated and high mountain range located in southern Montana along the Great Plains western edge. The Shields River originates […]
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 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 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 […]
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 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 […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This overview essay provides highlights from more detailed essays, which interpret topographic map evidence to determine North Dakota Missouri River drainage basin landform origins. The detailed essays can be found under ND Missouri River on this website’s sidebar category list. The Missouri River enters North Dakota […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview more detailed essays using topographic map evidence to interpret Big Sioux River drainage basin landform origins. The detailed essays can be found under Big Sioux River on this website’s sidebar category list. All interpretations in this overview essay and in the […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay is an overview of information contained in more detailed essays describing topographic map evidence found along drainage divides between South Dakota Missouri River tributaries. The detailed essays can be found under SD Missouri River on this website’s sidebar category list. Overview essays and related […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed Elkhorn River drainage basin essays, which can be found under Elkhorn River on this website’s sidebar category list. All essays use topographic map evidence to interpret Elkhorn River drainage basin landform origins. The Elkhorn River drainage basin is […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of more detailed Loup River drainage basin landform origins essays, which can be found under Loup River on this website’s sidebar category list. Detailed essays illustrate and discuss topographic map evidence for all drainage divides surrounding the Loup River drainage basin […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: This essay provides an overview of detailed essays describing landform origins along drainage divides in and adjacent to the Nebraska and Kansas Big Blue River drainage basin. The detailed essays can be found under Big Blue River on this website’s sidebar category list. All interpretations in […]
Missouri River drainage basin landform origins research project 