Westwater, Utah - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map UGS Cir by Marko A

by Marko A

This guidebook includes for the first time a wealth of topographic maps for all routes and roads

5-minute quadrangle straddles the crest of the Uinta Mountains in the High Uinta Wilderness Area and contains Kings Peak

The landslide apparently moved intermittently or at an extremely slow to very slow rate since at least 1998

Pioneering geologic studies of the Uinta Mountains by the great post-Civil War surveys of King

Westwater, Utah - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map UGS Cir by Marko AThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes