Editing Duchesne County, Utah (section)

==Geography==
Duchesne County's terrain is semi-arid, rough, and scarred with drainages. The [[Duchesne River]] drains the central part of the county.<ref name=DCU>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Duchesne+County,+UT/@40.741954,-110.4675158,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x874fd3f30d3f5dab:0x6f22bd36828bcfbb!8m2!3d40.2172448!4d-110.5215459 ''Duchesne County UT''  Google Maps (accessed 29 March 2019)]</ref> The county generally slopes to the south and east.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title="Find an Altitude/Duchesne County UT" Google Maps (accessed 29 March 2019) |access-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521043409/https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|3256|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|3241|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|15|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_49.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=March 27, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The northern part of the county contains much of the east–west oriented [[Uinta Mountains]]. The highest natural point in Utah, [[Kings Peak (Utah)|Kings Peak]] at {{convert|13,528|ft|m}}, is located in Duchesne County.

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=UT|US|40}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|US|191}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|35}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|87}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|121}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|150}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|208}}
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Summit County, Utah|Summit County]] - north
* [[Daggett County, Utah|Daggett County]] - northeast
* [[Uintah County, Utah|Uintah County]] - east
* [[Carbon County, Utah|Carbon County]] - south
* [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]] - southwest
* [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch County]] - west
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===Protected areas===
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* [[Ashley National Forest]] (part)
* Big Sand State Park
* Currant Creek Wildlife Management Area
* [[High Uintas Wilderness]] (part)
* Red Creek Wildlife Management Area
* Skitzy Wildlife Management Area
* Starvation State Park
* [[Wasatch-Cache National Forest]] (part)
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===Lakes===
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* Big Sand Wash Reservoir
* Cedar View Reservoir
* Chepeta Lake
* Crater Lake
* Daynes Lake
* Grandaddy Lake
* Kidney Lake
* Lake Atwood
* Mirror Lake
* Moon Lake
* Starvation Reservoir
* Upper Stillwater Reservoir
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