Blue Chief Mesa, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Estwing Death Valley is as close

Death Valley is as close as you can get to another planet

but Tertiary formations dominate that area

the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere

scarps in Pleistocene glacial deposits show strong angular discordance (70°) with the main north-northeast pattern of faulting

Blue Chief Mesa, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Estwing Death Valley is as closeThe 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