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<br />001064 <br /> <br />PLATTE RIV8R J3ASlll U1VESTIGMIO'NS <br /> <br />P ,ART II - nORTII PLATTE RX Vl::R B1\llUr <br /> <br />J - Desoriptive <br /> <br />26. Topography (Cant'd) <br />(2) Dre.in/il.t;Q ll-I"eas by Elevation'" <br /> <br />In tl'.e tabulation appearing in the upper l"ir)rl;-hllnd cOl'J1er of the <br /> <br /> <br />Ill!\P, the drlUM-c;e l.U'ea of tho North Platte R:l.ver Basin is segree;ated by Statos, <br /> <br /> <br />and :is t\\rther socree;atod by elevat:ions. In this tab-Illation -the drllJ.nngEl bas1n <br /> <br /> <br />of the Itl.remio River is inoluded. Data11s of the tAi"!1Jllls Rivel" basin are <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />separately ahewn in the tnbulation nppenring in the IQIVer oentral portion of t110 <br /> <br />map. <br /> <br />Considered in total inllluding the LarllXllie River Main (tabulation <br />!n uppal" r1c;ht-hand oorror), the drainnge area :l.n Colorado (aggl"Q~nting 2.030 square- <br />m:l.les) :is I11ghest in olevntion, all of it being abovo 7.000 feet. and most of it <br />(about 7/801' the totl1l) be:l.ng abo-rro 8,000 fast in elevation. <br /> <br />The \'iyam1ng portion of tl~ basin is intermediato in elevation. <br />rn.ngiI!g gouerally fl"omlt"ooo to 8,~OOO .reet. Howewl', sane of the lands. being <br />a relatively 1ll1I!l11 pnrt of the WYa:n1ng tota.l. are in eXOElSS of 8,000 foet in <br />elevation. This area above 8,000 feet elevation :in ;1yom:l.nl'), aggregating 1,780 <br />square miles, is of tho same l'lJt"tent as the area above 8,000 feet elevo.t1on in <br />the rivel" basin in Colorado. In other words, too mountOin uplifts. attaining olova- <br /> <br />t10llll above 8,000 root, oaver about tho some area in fiyoming as in Colorado. <br /> <br />Tool'" aro no mountains in Ilobrasko. In that state too general range of <br />elovations is from 3,000 to 5.000 foot, with small aroas oxtonding npo-V'El 5,000 <br />foet, and a s:w.ll t1ron, along the iliVtlt' near North Platte, helow ,,000 feet in <br /> <br />olovati on. <br /> <br />--6.... <br />