Chaco Mesa, New Mexico - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Cooking southwest Millard County and part

southwest Millard County and part of Beaver County

the westward equivalent of better exposed and better studied dinosaur-bearing strata of the Markagunt Plateau

Marchlewski

This area is characterized by northwest-trending salt anticlines which appear at the surface as valleys bounded by escarpments or cliffs

Chaco Mesa, New Mexico - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Cooking southwest Millard County and partThe 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