Rice Mountain, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Debris Flows Knudsen and Robert F

Knudsen and Robert F

The technical sessions

Duchesne-Duchesne County

Studies of interest to the general public are published in several UGS formats

in the Precambrian Farmington Canyon Complex

Rice Mountain, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Debris Flows Knudsen and Robert FThe 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