Definition of DIAPIR. : an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks.â diÂ·aÂ·pirÂ·ic \ËdÄ«-É-Ëpir-ik\ adjective. ADVERTISEMENT.efinition of DIAPIR. : an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks. â diÂ·aÂ·pirÂ·ic \ËdÄ«-É-Ëpir-ik\ adjective.
Utah-Climate. The climate of Utah is generally semiarid to arid. Temperatures are favorable along the Wasatch Front, where there are relatively mild winters. At Salt Lake City, the normal daily mean temperature is 52Â°F (11Â°C), ranging from 28Â°F (â2Â°C) in January to 78Â°F (26Â°C) in July. The record high temperature, 117Â°F (47Â°C), was set at St. George on 5 July 1985; the record low temperature, â69Â°F (â56Â°C), in Peter's Sink, on 1 February 1985.
We begin our journey in a very hot, dry place. You have probably been there before. After all, a large portion of Utah is covered by one. Perhaps you even live there. Deserts are biomes that are extremely dry. The yearly rainfall is less that 25 cm (10 inches). You may think of deserts as always being hot, but there are two types of deserts: hot deserts and cold deserts..