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Wasatch Mountains facts for kids

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Wasatch Range Autumn
Wasatch Mountains in autumn, Uinta National Forest, Utah.

The Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches about 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah- Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States.

Images for kids

  • Mount Olympus Utah

    Mount Olympus, a prominent and recognizable mountain visible from much of the Salt Lake Valley, August 2005

  • SandyUtahView

    The Wasatch Mountains in the fall, September 2003

  • Wasatch Plateau

    Wasatch Plateau geologic cross section, where Kmt and Kmf are the Tununk and Ferron Sandstone members of the Mancos Shale, Km. Kmv is the Mesaverde Group and Tkn is the North Horn Formation

  • Wasatch Range Salt Lake County UT United States 2006

    The Wasatch Range viewed from Jordan Campus of Salt Lake Community College, March 2006

  • USA Region West relief Wasatch Range location map

    The western United States with the Wasatch Range outlined in red.

  • Squaw Peak Provo, Utah

    Squaw Mountain over Rock Canyon at sunset as seen from the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, August 2012.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cordillera Wasatch para niños

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