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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- Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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- View from Wupatki National Monument, Arizona.
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- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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- Red buds in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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- Painted Desert, Arizona
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- Monument Valley, Arizona
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- Painted Desert, Arizona
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- Painted Desert, Arizona.
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- Sycamore Falls, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
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- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
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- Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona
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- View from Munds Mountain, Arizona.
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- Strawberry Crater, Arizona
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- Petrified Wood in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
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- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
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- Henry Mountains, Utah
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- Petrified Forest, Arizona
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- Red Mountain Cinder Cone, Arizona.
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- Sunset Crater, Arizona.
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- Painted Desert, 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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- Coal Mine Canyon, Arizona
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- Water Tank, Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
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- San Francisco Mountain, Arizona
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- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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- Delicate Arch, Arches National Monument, Utah
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- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
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- Valley of the Gods, Utah.
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- Sedona, Arizona
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- Inner Basin of the San Francisco Mountains, Arizona.
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- Big Lake, White Mountains, Arizona.
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- Buckskin Gulch, Arizona.
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- Sedona, Arizona
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- Clear Creek, Grand Canyon, Arizona.
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- Chevelon Lake, Mogollon Rim, Arizona.
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- The Wave, Arizona.
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- Wupatki National Monument, Arizona
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- Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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- Black River, White Mountains, Arizona.
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- Sedona, Arizona
