The name 'Utah' is derived
from the Ute Indian language, meaning 'people of the mountains.'
GEOGRAPHY
Utah is located in the western United
States and is bordered by Idaho
and Wyoming
in the north; by Colorado
in the east; at a single point by New
Mexico to the southeast (at the Four Corners Monument);
by Arizona
in the south; and by Nevada
in the west.
Utah has three distinct geological regions: the Rocky Mountains,
the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau. |
