Utah- The Beehive State (rought draft)

• In the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States
• Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city 
• Mormons make up about 70 percent of the population
• Copper is mined near Salt Lake City
• Most of the natural gas and petroleum are in the eastern part of the state.
• Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississipi Rivber.
• Desert covers 30% of Utah, but manmade resevoirs provide irrigation water for farmland.
• The largest resevoirs are Lake Powell and Flaming Gorge
• Five metropolitan areas: Ogden-Clearfield, Provo-Orem, St. George, Logan and Salt Lake City.
• 3 land regions of Utah: The Rocky Mountains, The Basin and The Plateau.
• Most of the Ute indians settled on the Uinta Basin.