The Colorado Plateau is a geographic province located in the Southwestern United States. It is characterized by tablelands, volcanic peaks, and deeply etched plateaus dissected by the Colorado River and its tributaries. The Colorado Plateau encompasses 130,000 square miles of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Elevations range from about 1,200 feet (at Lake Mead) to 12,365 feet (Humphreys Peak, San Francisco Mountain). It is home to one million people, including ten Native American tribes and numerous rare species of plants and animals.
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View from Munds Mountain, Arizona.
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Petrified Wood in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
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Red buds in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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Sunset Crater, Arizona.
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Painted Desert, Arizona
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Painted Desert, Arizona
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Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona
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Sycamore Falls, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
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Painted Desert, Arizona.
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Inner Basin of the San Francisco Mountains, Arizona.
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Sedona, Arizona
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Delicate Arch, Arches National Monument, Utah
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Valley of the Gods, Utah.
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Big Lake, White Mountains, Arizona.
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Monument Valley, Arizona
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Petrified Forest, Arizona
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Clear Creek, Grand Canyon, Arizona.
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San Francisco Mountain, Arizona
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Chevelon Lake, Mogollon Rim, Arizona.
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Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona
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Painted Desert, Arizona.
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Painted Desert, Arizona
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Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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Buckskin Gulch, Arizona.
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Sedona, Arizona
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Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
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Water Tank, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
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Wupatki National Monument, Arizona
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Strawberry Crater, Arizona
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Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Painted Desert, Arizona.
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Red Mountain Cinder Cone, Arizona.
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The Wave, Arizona.
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Black River, White Mountains, Arizona.
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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View from Wupatki National Monument, Arizona.
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Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Sedona, Arizona
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Henry Mountains, Utah
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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Coal Mine Canyon, Arizona