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