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