Painted Desert

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The Painted Desert
Arizona

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Painted Desert,
plateau region of colored rock in northeastern Arizona,
located along the Little Colorado River.

It extends southeast from the Grand Canyon to the Petrified Forest National Park, reaching a length of about 320 km (about 200 mi) and covering an area of about 19,400 sq km (about 7500 sq mi).

 

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The terrain is irregular, characterized by buttes, mesas, cliffs, and slopes. The central portion of the plateau contains parts of the Hopi and Navajo Native American reservations.

 

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Apaches Bisbee Casa Grande Chiricahua Coronado Memorial Fort Apache Fort Bowie Fort Huachuca Fort Verde Frank Lloyd Wright Four Corners Hoover Dam Grand Canyon Jerome Kinishba Ruins Meteor Crater Montezuma Castle Navajo Country Navajo Trading Post Navajo N M Nogales North Rim Organ Pipe Organ Pipe Cactus Page Painted Desert Petrified Forest Phoenix Saguaro N P San Xavier Sedona Tombstone Tubac Tucson Tumacacori Tuzigoot

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