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Nimravidae is an extinct family of carnivorans, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, whose fossils are found in North America and Eurasia. Not considered to belong to the true cats (family Felidae ), the nimravids are generally considered closely related and classified as a distinct family in the suborder Feliformia .
Little Cottonwood Canyon lies within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the eastern side of the Salt Lake Valley, roughly 15 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah.The canyon is part of Granite, a CDP and "Community Council" designated by Salt Lake County.
Salt Lake Valley is a 500-square-mile (1,300 km 2) valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably Murray, Sandy, South Jordan, West Jordan, and West Valley City; its total population is 1,029,655 as of 2010. Brigham Young said, "this is the right ...
Salt Lake City is located in a large valley, the Salt Lake Valley, separated by the eastern Wasatch Mountains, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. Salt Lake City is located at 40°45'17" North, 111°53'33" West (40.754700, -111.892622). [1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total ...
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere [1] and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. [2] It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particularly through lake-effect snow.
Salt Lake City lies between the Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake. The Wasatch Mountains in the fall, September 2003. The range's highest point — 11,928 feet (3,636 m) — is Mount Nebo, a triple peak rising above Nephi, at the southern end of the range. In some places the mountains rise steeply from the valley's base elevation of 4,330 ...
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated one combined statistical area, five metropolitan statistical areas, and six micropolitan statistical areas in Utah. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID CSA, anchored by Utah's capital and largest city, Salt Lake City.
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) - introduced fish, not native to Utah [189] Bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus) - on the Utah Sensitive Species List [190] Bonneville cisco (Prosopium gemmifer) - found only in Bear Lake [191] Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah) [192] Bonneville whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus) - found only ...