The name 'Utah' is derived
from the Ute Indian language, meaning 'people of the mountains.'
GEOGRAPHY
The state of Utah is located in the western United
States. Utah 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. |
