Introduction
I have chosen Utah for my state report. Before, I knew less about Utah. I knew that there were many national parks there, because I “kind of” researched them while trying to choose my national park for the national park report. I also knew that Salt Lake City was the capital of Utah. One other thing I know was that Utah had a low population. I didn't really know anything else about Utah before. In this report, I will tell you about Utah. It will be about how Utah became a state, famous people from Utah, Utah’s geography, and more.
Geography Utah borders Arizona on the south, Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, and Nevada to the west. It has no ocean, …show more content…
Utah is divided into three major geographical regions. There is the Basin and Range Province, the Colorado Plateau, and the Rocky Mountain Region. The Basin and Range Province region is made up of mountain ranges running north and south. Between the mountain ranges are valleys, or basins. The Colorado Plateau Region is Utah’s biggest land region, which covers over half the state. It covers Utah’s southwestern corner to the northeastern corner. The Colorado Plateau is not smooth and flat. Instead, it is a rocky highland. Lastly, the Rocky Mountain Region contains the Wasatch Range and the Uinta Mountains. Utah has many amazing land features, such as hoodoos, which are rock formations made by wind and …show more content…
Twenty percent of Utah is farmland, and the farms raise beef and dairy cattle. The farms in Utah use irrigation systems, because the land that is farmland now used to be a dry desert. Utah’s farms grow a lot of wheat, corn, barley, onions, apples, peaches, and cherries. Gold and silver have been mined in Utah since the mid 1800s, but the most valuable resources mined in Utah are fossil fuels. Utah has massive amounts of coal, oil, and natural gas.
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Climate Utah is the second-driest state. Nevada is the only state that gets less precipitation in a year. Utah has about 300 sunny, hot days a year. Some parts of Utah only get about seven inches of rain annually! Utah is not all dry, though. The northeastern part of Utah gets 50 inches of precipitation on average per year. The record high temperature was 117 degrees fahrenheit at St. George on July 5, 1985. The record low temperature was -69 degrees fahrenheit at Peter Sinks on February 1, 1985.
State
I have chosen Utah for my state report. Before, I knew less about Utah. I knew that there were many national parks there, because I “kind of” researched them while trying to choose my national park for the national park report. I also knew that Salt Lake City was the capital of Utah. One other thing I know was that Utah had a low population. I didn't really know anything else about Utah before. In this report, I will tell you about Utah. It will be about how Utah became a state, famous people from Utah, Utah’s geography, and more.
Geography Utah borders Arizona on the south, Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, and Nevada to the west. It has no ocean, …show more content…
Utah is divided into three major geographical regions. There is the Basin and Range Province, the Colorado Plateau, and the Rocky Mountain Region. The Basin and Range Province region is made up of mountain ranges running north and south. Between the mountain ranges are valleys, or basins. The Colorado Plateau Region is Utah’s biggest land region, which covers over half the state. It covers Utah’s southwestern corner to the northeastern corner. The Colorado Plateau is not smooth and flat. Instead, it is a rocky highland. Lastly, the Rocky Mountain Region contains the Wasatch Range and the Uinta Mountains. Utah has many amazing land features, such as hoodoos, which are rock formations made by wind and …show more content…
Twenty percent of Utah is farmland, and the farms raise beef and dairy cattle. The farms in Utah use irrigation systems, because the land that is farmland now used to be a dry desert. Utah’s farms grow a lot of wheat, corn, barley, onions, apples, peaches, and cherries. Gold and silver have been mined in Utah since the mid 1800s, but the most valuable resources mined in Utah are fossil fuels. Utah has massive amounts of coal, oil, and natural gas.
see map
Climate Utah is the second-driest state. Nevada is the only state that gets less precipitation in a year. Utah has about 300 sunny, hot days a year. Some parts of Utah only get about seven inches of rain annually! Utah is not all dry, though. The northeastern part of Utah gets 50 inches of precipitation on average per year. The record high temperature was 117 degrees fahrenheit at St. George on July 5, 1985. The record low temperature was -69 degrees fahrenheit at Peter Sinks on February 1, 1985.
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