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