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Clarence W Dorsey

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Description:Excerpt from Reclamation of Alkali Land in Salt Lake Valley, Utah Salt Lake Valley lies in northern-central Utah and comprises the greater part of the western half of Salt Lake County. The valley attains a maximum width of something more than 20 miles from east to west and a somewhat greater length from north to south. The valley is characterized by wide stretches of comparatively level land, sloping gently to the north and west, and by a number of slight ridges that rise only a few feet above the general valley oor. On the margins of the valley the ridges are more pronounced. Salt Lake City, 14 miles east of Great Salt Lake, has an elevation of feet. The Wasatch Range rises abruptly above the valley on the east, and many peaks attain an elevation of over feet. To the south the valley gradually converges into the Jordan Narrows. On the southwest the Oquirrh Mountains rise to feet above the valley oor. Bordering the valley on the north and west occurs Great Salt Lake, a shallow body of water covering an area of about square miles. Great Salt Lake constitutes only a remnant of a former lake that once attained an area of nearly square miles. This prehistoric body of water, named Lake Bonneville in honor of the intrepid explorer, at one time stood feet higher than the present lake level. Evidences of the former lake are everywhere visible, even to the untrained observer, in the many pronounced shore lines that stand out in bold relief hundreds of feet above the present valley oor. The Lake Bonneville basin, together with many inclosed drainage basins in Nevada, Oregon, and California, broken by parallel ranges of mountains, constitutes the physiographic region known as the Great Basin, the character and extent of which was first made known by the explorations of Fremont. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reclamation of Alkali Land in Salt Lake Valley, Utah (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Reclamation of Alkali Land in Salt Lake Valley, Utah (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Reclamation of Alkali Land in Salt Lake Valley, Utah Salt Lake Valley lies in northern-central Utah and comprises the greater part of the western half of Salt Lake County. The valley attains a maximum width of something more than 20 miles from east to west and a somewhat greater length from north to south. The valley is characterized by wide stretches of comparatively level land, sloping gently to the north and west, and by a number of slight ridges that rise only a few feet above the general valley oor. On the margins of the valley the ridges are more pronounced. Salt Lake City, 14 miles east of Great Salt Lake, has an elevation of feet. The Wasatch Range rises abruptly above the valley on the east, and many peaks attain an elevation of over feet. To the south the valley gradually converges into the Jordan Narrows. On the southwest the Oquirrh Mountains rise to feet above the valley oor. Bordering the valley on the north and west occurs Great Salt Lake, a shallow body of water covering an area of about square miles. Great Salt Lake constitutes only a remnant of a former lake that once attained an area of nearly square miles. This prehistoric body of water, named Lake Bonneville in honor of the intrepid explorer, at one time stood feet higher than the present lake level. Evidences of the former lake are everywhere visible, even to the untrained observer, in the many pronounced shore lines that stand out in bold relief hundreds of feet above the present valley oor. The Lake Bonneville basin, together with many inclosed drainage basins in Nevada, Oregon, and California, broken by parallel ranges of mountains, constitutes the physiographic region known as the Great Basin, the character and extent of which was first made known by the explorations of Fremont. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reclamation of Alkali Land in Salt Lake Valley, Utah (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Reclamation of Alkali Land in Salt Lake Valley, Utah (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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