Ancient Pueblo peoples or Ancestral Pueblo peoples were an ancient Native American culture centered on the present-day Four Corners area of the United States, comprising southern Utah, northern Arizona, northwest New Mexico, and southern Colorado.

Its area of 1, 284, 000 square kilometers is roughly equal to the combined areas of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.

" Landscape use and diet of coyotes, Canis latrans, in the Chicago metropolitan area ", Masters Thesis, Utah State University.

As the area was part of the Utah Territory, it was governed from Salt Lake City, where the territorial government was headquartered.

The Permian through Jurassic stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau area of southeastern Utah is a great example of both Original Horizontality and the Law of Superposition.

*** Geology of the Bryce Canyon area ( Utah )

*** Geology of the Canyonlands area ( Utah )

*** Geology of the Capitol Reef area ( Utah )

*** Geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area ( Utah )

The United States gained the territory in 1848 following its victory in the Mexican-American War and the area was eventually incorporated as part of Utah Territory in 1850.

The Utah Transit Authority ( UTA ) runs several buses through the university area as well as the TRAX Red Line ( light rail ), which runs to South Jordan.

The Permian through Jurassic stratigraphy of the Colorado Plateau area of southeastern Utah that makes up much of the famous prominent rock formations in protected areas such as Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park.

The governor of Utah and the Utah Legislature, however, lobbied for national protection of the area.

The first US explorer in the Salt Lake area is believed to be Jim Bridger in 1825, although others had been in Utah earlier, some as far north as the nearby Utah Valley ( the Dominguez-Escalante expedition of 1776 were undoubtedly cognizant of the Salt Lake valley ).

A climax occurred in 1857 when President James Buchanan declared the area in rebellion after Brigham Young refused to step down as governor, beginning the Utah War.

The Avenues, along with Federal Heights, just to the east and north of the University of Utah, and the Foothill area, south of the University, contain gated communities, large, multi-million dollar houses, and fantastic views of the valley.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

The primary objective at Omaha was to secure a beachhead of some five miles ( eight kilometres ) depth, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire River, linking with the British landings at Gold Beach to the east, and reaching the area of Isigny to the west to link up with VII Corps landing at Utah Beach.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, the smallest county in Utah, of which is land and ( 51. 95 %) is water.

These explorers came to the area sometime after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, who in 1776, crossed northern Utah through the Uintah Basin.

The trading of Indian women and children to the Spanish, although illegal, was the purpose of the Spanish coming into the area which was to become Utah.

Other well-known areas are: Chironico ( Switzerland ), Stanage ( UK ), Hueco Tanks ( Texas ), Val Masino and Val di Mello ( Italy ), Castle Hill ( New Zealand ), Bishop ( California ), Joe's Valley ( Utah ), Yosemite ( California ), Rocktown ( Georgia ), Rocklands ( South Africa ), Cocalzinho de Goiás ( Brazil ), Kjugekull ( Sweden ), Hampi ( India ) Horse Pens 40 ( Alabama ) and Horseshoe Canyon Ranch ( Arkansas ) amongst others.

The Columbia, Colorado, and Mississippi watersheds meet at Three Waters Mountain in the Wind River Range of To the south, in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, the Columbia watershed is divided from the Great Basin, whose several watersheds are endorheic, not emptying into any ocean but rather drying up or sinking into sumps.

In some countries, census data are used to apportion electoral representation ( sometimes controversially – e. g., Utah v. Evans ).

For example, in the map of the United States of America, Utah and Arizona are adjacent, but Utah and New Mexico, which only share a point that also belongs to Arizona and Colorado, are not.

Their Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, houses over 2 million microfiche and microfilms of genealogically relevant material, which are also available for on-site research at over 4500 Family History Centers worldwide.

Routines for drawing a number of geometric primitives ( both in solid and wireframe mode ) are also provided, including cubes, spheres, and the Utah teapot.

" He told the assembly that he believes the reason people in Utah love Jell-O is that the snack is perfect for families -- and the people of Utah are all about family.

Utah Mormons ( as well as Mormons living in the Intermountain West ) are on average more culturally and / or politically conservative than those living in some cosmopolitan centers elsewhere in the U. S. Utahns self-identifying as Mormon also attend church somewhat more on average than Mormons living in other states.

) Utah Mormons often place a greater emphasis on pioneer heritage than international Mormons who generally are not descendants of the Mormon pioneers.

The Missouri Mormon groups include those non-polygamous groups that chose not to travel to Utah and are currently headquartered in Missouri, which Joseph Smith, Jr. designated as the future site of the New Jerusalem.

Other Mormon groups include those that are not headquartered in Utah or Missouri and do not practice polygamy, such as The Church of Jesus Christ ( Bickertonite ) and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( Strangite ).

* Antelope Island, Utah, becomes a peninsula when waters are low, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake

The five different species of prairie dogs are: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah and Mexican prairie dogs.

Family groups of black-tailed and Mexican prairie dogs are called " coteries ", while " clans " are used to describe family groups of white-tailed, Gunnison ’ s and Utah prairie dogs.

The Economist noted, " Laurie Williams of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City has shown that paired programmers are only 15 % slower than two independent individual programmers, but produce 15 % fewer bugs.

Madison, Wisconsin, and Utah cannot be atomic objects: they are themselves composed of numerous facts.

These have become increasingly popular over the years especially in conservative states like Utah, and are catching on around Midwest and Southern states.

As of 2011, there are 23, 371 undergraduate students and 7, 448 graduate students, for an enrollment total of 30, 819 ; with 84 % coming from Utah and 6 % coming from foreign countries.

* September 20 – September 21 – In Sandy, Utah, several patients are held hostage and a nurse is killed in the Alta View Hospital hostage incident.

File: Streifenhörnchen Zion. jpg | A western chipmunk ( probably a Uinta chipmunk ) in Zion National Park, Utah

During the pioneer era, Zion became a " landscape of villages " in Utah.

The film made extensive use of authentic locations, filming in Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park in Utah and the San Fernando Mission and the Mojave Desert in California.

Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah about northeast of — and higher than — Zion National Park.

Entrenched river: The Virgin River at the upper end of Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah, has almost no floodplain at all.

Entrenched meander s of the Virgin River at the upper end of Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah.

* Kolob Arch, Zion National Park, Utah, USA

* Del Webb High Adventure Base — located in the pines and aspens above Kolob Reservoir and Zion National Park in southern Utah

Kolob Arch is a natural arch in Zion National Park, Utah.

In Utah there are also many other monuments and parks such as, Nine Mile Canyon, Mexican Hat, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Zion National Park, Arches National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Hovenweep National Monument ( also in Colorado ), Monument Valley ( also in Arizona ), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Rainbow Bridge National Monument, and the Timpanogos Cave National Monument.

A 1993 accident in Zion National Park, Utah, USA, in which two leaders of a youth group drowned in powerful canyon hydraulics ( and the lawsuit which followed ) brought notoriety to the sport.

* No Compromize ( Dreadzone / Wedding Present / Utah Saints / Chumbawamba / Zion Train / X-CNN / Cud / Kava Kava ( band ) / Tony Benn ) in 1997 on Delerium Records

* Great White Throne, Zion National Park, Utah

* Angels Landing, Zion National Park, Utah

* Zion National Park, a park in southwestern Utah, notable for Zion Canyon sweeping through the reddish desert

Canyons occupied by Mexican spotted owls in Zion National Park had higher humidity than canyons where owls were not detected, and roost sites in Utah occurred in canyons with lower temperatures than randomly-selected canyons.

The Narrows in Zion National Park, ( near Springdale, Utah ) is a section of canyon on the North Fork of the Virgin River.

Its origin is in Southwestern Utah, at the Navajo Reservoir in the Dixie National Forest, north of Zion National Park, and is formed by the confluence of the East Fork Virgin, that flows through Mount Carmel Junction on the east side of Zion National Park and Parunaweap Canyon, with the North Fork Virgin River, that flows from Navajo Lake through Zion Canyon in Zion National Park.