Water Hollow Ridge, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Trees Plants and Flowers Books Remnants of six Quaternary basalt

Remnants of six Quaternary basalt flows cap ridges and benches

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Nine Mile Canyon slashes through the West Tavaputs Plateau and erodes its way east to the Green River

Water Hollow Ridge, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Trees Plants and Flowers Books Remnants of six Quaternary basaltThe 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