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