Dry Mesa, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map National Recreation Area Navigating the Landscape: Cities

Navigating the Landscape: Cities

Yellowstone National Park was established as the world's first national park in 1872 largely because of its geologic wonders

Paleoseismology of Utah

and settlers

provide long-term (early to middle Quaternary) vertical slip-rate estimates for the Fort Pearce and Sullivan Draw sections of

Dry Mesa, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map National Recreation Area Navigating the Landscape: CitiesThe 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