Blanding South, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map cd Unconsolidated surficial deposits of Holocene

Unconsolidated surficial deposits of Holocene to lower Pleistocene

and historical sites never before revealed in a Grand Canyon or Havasupai guidebook

The George Mountain quadrangle straddles the Sevier fault zone and includes the easternmost part of the Markagunt Plateau and the west edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau

great slow-moving rivers and wind-blown sand dunes

which includes geologic and hydrologic components

Blanding South, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map cd Unconsolidated surficial deposits of HoloceneThe 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