Alta topographic map

Name: Alta topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Alta, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States (40.56441 -111.65273 40.60326 -111.59808)

Average elevation: 2,912 m

Minimum elevation: 2,437 m

Maximum elevation: 3,369 m

Alta experiences a high altitude humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), which borders on a subalpine climate (Dfc), due to its high elevation. Due to its proximity to the Great Salt Lake, the town receives very heavy snows, averaging over 507 inches (12.9 m) per year. During the very wet season of 1982/1983, Alta received as much as 900 inches (23 m) of snow, leading to record flooding of Wasatch streams as the snow melted during May and June that year. Alta's total precipitation of 108.54 inches (2,756.9 mm) during 1983 is a record for a calendar year in any state of the Mountain West.

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