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