Santa Clara, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Wasatch Back Aerial Sanpete and Sevier Counties

Sanpete and Sevier Counties

Mountain Biking St

Published: (1990 field trip) 1991

This color map covers the Dry Fork quadrangle

200 acre-feet per year

Santa Clara, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Wasatch Back Aerial Sanpete and Sevier CountiesThe 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