Desert Peak, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map featured the right page is part

the right page is part of a US Geological Survey topographic map

a correlation of geologic units

state agencies

Evolution of the Wyoming Salient of the Sevier Fold-Thrust Belt

and plain talk

Desert Peak, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map featured the right page is partThe 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