CH A PD EER. VE. 
TEE LANDS OF “UTA 
PHYSICAL FEATURES. 
A zone of mountains and high plateaus extends from the northern 
nearly to the southern boundary of Utah Territory. The Wasatch Moun- 
tains constitute the northern portion of this zone, the High Plateaus the 
southern. This central zone has a general altitude above the sea of from 
nine to eleven thousand feet. Many peaks are higher, a few reaching an 
altitude of about twelve thousand feet. On the other hand many canons 
and valleys have been excavated by the running waters far below the 
general level thus indicated. 
The Uinta Mountains stretch eastward from the midst of the Wasatch. 
This region is a lofty table land carrying many elevated peaks whose sum- 
nits are from twelve to nearly fourteen thousand feet above the level of 
the sea. This is the highest portion of Utah, and among its peaks are 
the culminating points. 
South from the Uinta Region, and from the southern extremity of the 
Wasatch Mountains, another elevated district extends east-southeast beyond 
the borders of Utah. This table land is cut in twain by two great gorges 
of the Green River—the Cation of Desolation and Gray Cafion. The 
eastern portion is called East Tavaputs Plateau, the western West Tava- 
puts Plateau. 
Between the Uinta Mountains and the Tavaputs table land is the Uinta- 
White Basin, a low synclinal valley, drained by the Uinta and its ramifica- 
tions on the west, and the lower portion of the White River on the east. 
The district of country lying south of the Tavaputs table land, and 
east and south of the High Plateaus, is traversed by many deep canons. 
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