Mount Cramer, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Grand Staircase-Escalante from families with young children

from families with young children

Consider the Reelfoot scarp in Tennessee: to the casual observer it is nothing more than a slight rise in a farm field

this map truly is the book of stone that tells the story of Utah's past

The cliffs of Porcupine Rim are source areas for large rock falls which can travel far out onto the alluvial fans below the cliffs

Published: 1989

Mount Cramer, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Grand Staircase-Escalante from families with young childrenThe 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