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Utah features a dry, semi-arid to desert climate, [7] although its many mountains feature a large variety of climates, with the highest points in the Uinta Mountains being above the timberline. The dry weather is a result of the state's location in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada in California.
Landforms of Utah by county (33 C) C. Canyons and gorges of Utah (1 C, 70 P) Caves of Utah (11 P) Cliffs of Utah (8 P) G. Glaciers of Utah (1 P) I. Islands of Utah (2 ...
Oquirrh Mountains, Utah-Salt Lake Wasatch Range : (north to south), Cache-Box Elder-Weber-Morgan-Davis-Salt Lake-Summit-Wasatch-Utah-Juab-Sanpete San Juan County
Pages in category "Lists of landforms of Utah" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Kings Peak (at right) is the highest summit of the Uinta Mountains, the U.S. State of Utah, and the Western Rocky Mountains. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Utah. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Mountains of Utah by county (23 C) Mountain ranges of Utah by county (25 C) B. Landforms of Beaver County, Utah (4 C, 2 P) Landforms of Box Elder County, Utah (3 C ...
Kings Peak (Utah) in August 2004. Mountains in Utah are numerous and have varying elevations and prominences. Kings Peak, in the Uinta Mountains in Duchesne County, Utah, is the highest point in the state and has the greatest prominence. It has elevation 13,528 feet (4,123 m) [1] and prominence 6,348 feet (1,935 m). [2]
The geology of Utah, in the western United States, includes rocks formed at the edge of the proto-North American continent during the Precambrian.A shallow marine sedimentary environment covered the region for much of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, followed by dryland conditions, volcanism, and the formation of the basin and range terrain in the Cenozoic.