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<br />0011166 <br /> <br />I'Lt.TTEl RIVER BASIN lNVEflTIG1\T:tClNS <br /> <br />.PAnT II .. NORTH PLATTE RIVl;n BASIN <br /> <br />J - DQsoriptivEl <br /> <br />26. Topo~a.phy (Cont'd) <br />(3) Dominant Features (Cont'd) <br />(a) Ir:I.Ch UountEliM (Con:t'd) <br /> <br />A third timbsr covered uplU't, cr hie;h mounbElin lU'ea, is in the general <br /> <br /> <br />vioinity of Ie.r!llllio Few:, - an !l.Nla. whioh extends to the Northwest (approximatEl:!u <br /> <br /> <br />ns outlined by the 8,000 foot oontour), and around whioh the Horth Platte River has <br /> <br /> <br />been forced :80 1'101'l. Although not so hig4 llll the proviously mentiaood mountElins, <br /> <br /> <br />this ltulamie Peek area is ti!li:lered at its highest elevations, and in that way is <br /> <br /> <br />distine;uishad il'ro the so-cn1led lOi'l' mountntns, whioh are not forested. <br /> <br />(b) LOi'I' Uountains. <br /> <br />Extensions Northwestward of the Sierra Madre Mounta1nll oreate and embrace <br /> <br />t~ Great D:I.'V1I.da 13lllli.D,~ across whioh the ContinOl'ltal Divide is poor:!u defined. <br />COIlllIIonly these so-called low mountains opprClltimate 7.,000 1'oot in Ellavation. Dominant <br />vec;atatian ill Sll{;e-brush, intersperssd wi tll areas 01' greasGWOod, or of shadsoale <br />1I0W'ces <br />t\nd saltllrulll)" At the axtrame headwater .,y..... ~""-~ of Sw&Eltwater River, there are <br />limited areas w.are mounto.in beneh Gre.s~ is the dominant vegetation, and one small <br />area (Mar the 10,000 foot oontour), is 1'orrestod or timber covered. <br /> <br />The Groat Divide BMin, or tho Sweetwater River valley, or both tOl:;otOOr. <br /> <br /> <br />mny bo sElid to nark the divide betwoan t he Southern Rooky Moun:l;llins, whioh mand <br /> <br /> <br />into Colorado, and tho northern Rooky l.!ountains, -wlU oh oxtend into lJontana. <br /> <br />Too 10;1 elsvations at which the Rooky Mountains mO({ be orossod in this <br />vioinity, has '.nfluonced tronnportation routes, t'ran tho days of: oarly explorations. <br />tlll"otl[,h tho ern of ruilroad construotion. -to the most rooent mado of' tr!l.vel by oil'. <br /> <br />..a.. <br />