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This plateau covers an area of 336,700 km 2 (130,000 mi 2) within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, northern Arizona, and a tiny fraction in the extreme southeast of Nevada.
View of Monument Valley in Utah, looking south on U.S. Route 163 from 13 miles (21 km) north of the Utah–Arizona state line Mitchell Mesa from the View Hotel.. Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching ...
The Four Corners region is the red circle in this map. The Four Corners states are highlighted in orange. Four Corners is a region of the Southwestern United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico.
Freedom Bridge over Starvation Reservoir on U.S. Route 40 in Duchesne County, Utah.. Father Escalante's expedition visited the Uinta Basin in September 1776. 1822–1840 French Canadian trappers Étienne Provost, François le Clerc, and Antoine Robidoux entered the Uinta Basin by way of the Old Spanish Trail and made their fortunes by trapping the many beaver and trading with the Uintah tribe.
The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is a 112,500 acres (455 km 2) wilderness area located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, United States, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The wilderness is composed of broad plateaus, tall escarpments, and deep canyons.
Colorado Plateau, Utah, US The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah , United States about 16 miles (26 km) west of Green River . The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles (121 by 64 km), consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during ...
The plateau, a tectonic uplift on the much larger Colorado Plateau landform, is the highest in Utah. [1] [2] It is over 900 square miles (2330 km 2) of mostly forested highland, much of which is part of Dixie National Forest. It has over 50,000 acres (200 km 2) of rolling hilly terrain above 11,000 feet (3350 m).
The salt desert shrub is a plant community or vegetation type found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region. [1]: 3 It is characterized by very alkaline and saline soils and plants that can tolerate these conditions (). [1]