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<br />OOl1l65 <br /> <br />PLA~TB RIVER BABIN UlVESTIGJ\TIONS <br />P~TII-~~flPU~EroVERB~m <br />J ... n.lloriptive <br /> <br />26. Toponraph;jr (Cont'd) <br />(;I) Dominant Features. <br /> <br />'l'ha dominant featul'ee of the topography of the Horth Platte River <br /> <br /> <br />bas1li may bo said to be the bigh 1ll0untnins in Colorado and Wyoming. the low mOtll::i.tnins <br /> <br /> <br />or foat hill orE/as of l'iycning. the high""ll'lountnin parks. of whioh North Fnrll: <br /> <br /> <br />(heretofore d&soribed) is outstanding. and probably the lone example. the interior <br /> <br /> <br />plains areas of WyamiIl{>;' the GroatPla1ne, of oastorn WyaninG and Western Nebraska. <br /> <br /> <br />Md the Bend F..i1l-1Ilke area in Nebraska. <br /> <br />(a) Ilic;h Mountn1ns. <br /> <br />1'00 high mOturl:a:!.ns. at the headwater ahouroea of the mnin riwr end <br />oel-tn1n of ita tributurios. axtand I?.bove the 8.000 foot elElVlltion, and onmmol11y <br />are t1mber oovored. <br /> <br />The Park RanGe of Mountnins, form1ne tho Continental Divido to too West <br /> <br /> <br />of Jackson Ccnurt..y. Colo., (horoto1'oro dee<lribed) oxtend northward into Yiyam1ng, <br /> <br /> <br />a distanoe of approximately 2, m:l.los. In that State the-,{ are oalled tho Sierra <br /> <br /> <br />Madre JIlountnins. <br /> <br />Tlw Medioine Bow Range" forming the eastorn boundary of Jaokllon County, <br />IlZld separating Jackson i'r(11l Larimer Couut:y, also extends Uorthward into Vfyaninc;. for <br />11 diotarwe of perhaps 40 mile>s. Most prominent feature> ill l.ledioine Bow Peek, eleva- <br />tion 12,005 feot, looo.tod about '0 miles Uorth 01' the Colorado line. This uplift <br />ill timber cOVGrod, uC\711 to tho llpproxiIl1D:te elovation of 8,000 feet. belO1'I whioh, in <br />tho v-oJ.ley of the lTorth 1'lo.tte rival" to tho neat, to tho Lnrlllnie Pls.ins on the Baat. <br />and lTortlll'rard i'rom l,'iedicino Bow Pcplc. 'the datnina.nt nD,tive veGetation is sage brush. <br /> <br />-7- <br />