| Show utah the queen of the west utah lies litween the h and parallels of north latitude and between the arid and meridians of west longitude it has tin an extreme breadth east and west of miles and an efti extreme eme length of 3 15 miles and contains square miles west of tile the main range of the rocky mountains lies a great plateau of which utah is a part in this state the plateau avei averages about feet above sea level i ranging ar b i I 1 LLO between 2800 feet the wasatch mountains traverse the state in a north and a south direction dir edtion while the uin tas extends east and west in the north east portion many peaks in these ranges 0 attain an elevation of over feet these two ranges form the pi principal n c al water valor sheds in the state tiley they are a i e cut into deep canyons which open out into broad valleys the itris blowin flowing west from these mountains feed M many 1 lakes tha most important of which are aie stilt salt lake utah and sevier the entire portion of utah east of the is drained by the colorado and its tribu t ry streams P tile the region west these mountains ha has s a an n inland dia rail inage lage comprised comprise il with iii ii the great G reat basin the great biasin in general ular gular in shape with w ilch tho the bas base of the triangle ru running east and west vest on ube the northern side bof of the bisin basin and the apex nearly as fir f lis out as the gulf of cali forn ii i the portion of the G great reat frasin 13 aing in in utah may be di cli vided aided into smaller drainage basins as the great gi le at salt lake SP SIR vier lake and escalante desert Agriculture in utah was first carried ca lri on oil near the mountains so that the land could be easily ekasil y irrigated by th ache e momi mountain tain streams bufa now it is pursued over a much more extensive area because of i improved in proved methods irrigation n has been greatly ex tended and in arditi addition on a considerable poi portion tion of the state has been brought brough under cultivation thru thi u arid farming farmin methods utah has about 54 million acres of land it has been estimated that 20 millions consist consi of mountains and lakes 12 millions of coal salt and similar lands while the remaining 2 22 millions are susceptible of cultivation of the arl amiable able land only about one tenth is now being cultivated about one million acres are now being farmed by irrigation i ari gation which is only one tenth of the irrigable land with vi tai the except ian an of the mountains lakes deserts and land tile the remainder of the state approximately about 10 million acres nuy be cultivated laith varied success by dry di farming farmin methods |
