Ripple Valley, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Insects and Spiders Books By: Stuart & Bret Ruchman

By: Stuart & Bret Ruchman

The darker shades indicate lower elevations

The contours and elevations on this scale map are shown in feet

Highway 89 lies parallel to Interstate 15

Sediments deposited by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville dominate the surficial geology of the Kaysville quadrangle

Ripple Valley, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Insects and Spiders Books By: Stuart & Bret RuchmanThe 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