Dry Canyon, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Field Supplies Cedar Rim-Duchesne County

Cedar Rim-Duchesne County

Inset maps provide detail of the Madeira Islands

catastrophic incision of the Zenda threshold lowered the threshold and lake level 340 feet in less than one year

The alluvial-fan deposits underlie piedmont slopes on the margin of Utah Valley

Dry Canyon, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Field Supplies Cedar Rim-Duchesne CountyThe 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