Colorado Plateau

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geologic region physiographic province plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a high, arid region of the southwestern United States renowned for its layered sedimentary rock formations, deep canyons, and iconic national parks such as the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Arches.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Colorado Plateau canonical 170
Colorado Plateau region 14
Colorado Plateau physiographic province 4

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
area about 337000 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semiarid ⓘ
contains Arches National Park ⓘ
Black Mesa ⓘ
Bryce Canyon National Park ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park ⓘ
Capitol Reef National Park ⓘ
Four Corners region ⓘ
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Grand Staircase

Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument ⓘ
Horseshoe Bend ⓘ
Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ
Lake Powell ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) ⓘ
surface form: Monument Valley

Navajo Nation ⓘ
surface form: Navajo Nation lands

Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ
San Rafael Swell ⓘ
Zion National Park ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainedBy Colorado River ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
San Juan River ⓘ
elevation about 1500 to 3000 meters above sea level ⓘ
geologicHistory Cenozoic incision by Colorado River system ⓘ
extensive Mesozoic eolian deposition ⓘ
marine transgressions and regressions ⓘ
geology Cenozoic volcanic rocks ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
dominantly layered sedimentary rocks ⓘ
relatively undeformed strata ⓘ
highestPoint Henry Mountains region ⓘ
knownFor arches and natural bridges ⓘ
colorful rock layers ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
high desert landscapes ⓘ
mesas and buttes ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern United States

Utah ⓘ
majorEcosystemType cold desert ⓘ
notableRockFormations Kaibab Limestone ⓘ
Kayenta Formation ⓘ
Morrison Formation ⓘ
Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
Supai Group ⓘ
Navajo Sandstone ⓘ
surface form: Wingate Sandstone
partOf Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
North American Cordillera ⓘ
tectonicSetting relatively stable crustal block ⓘ
uplift Cenozoic regional uplift ⓘ
vegetation pinyon–juniper woodland ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ⓘ

Referenced by (214)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Basin → borders → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Mountain States → hasMajorPlateau → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Interior West → includes → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Arizona → contains → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau (portion)
southwestern United States → contains → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern United States
Basin and Range Province → boundedBy → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Hualapai people → traditionalTerritory → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canyon region
Four Corners region → contains → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Four Corners region → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau province
Havasupai people → traditionalTerritory → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canyon region
Havasupai people → culturalRegion → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Sonoran Desert → borders → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Utah → hasDesertRegion → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Hopi Reservation → locatedInDesert → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau region
Grand Canyon National Park → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) → locatedIn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Zion National Park → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Petrified Forest National Park → locatedIn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Ancestral Puebloans → locatedIn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Mogollon Rim → formsEdgeOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Painted Desert → locatedOn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Painted Desert → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Arches National Park → region → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park → locatedInPhysiographicProvince → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Bryce Canyon National Park → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Rio Grande Rift → formsBoundaryBetween → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Flagstaff → locatedOn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
ute → traditionalTerritory → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Ute language
Coconino County, Arizona → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Mohave County, Arizona → partlyLocatedIn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Walapai → traditionalTerritory → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canyon region
Zuni Reservation → locatedIn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau region
Hovenweep National Monument → locatedOn → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Walapai language → region → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Walapai language → traditionalTerritory → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Canyon region
Havasupai Indian Reservation → locatedWithin → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Supai, Arizona → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau region
Nevada–Utah state line → nearbyPhysiographicProvince → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau (at southern end)
Havasu Canyon → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau region
pinyon jay → rangeIncludes → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Intermontane Plateaus → includes → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Beaver Falls → withinEcoregion → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Western Colorado → contains → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Colorado National Monument → overlooks → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Colorado National Monument → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau physiographic province
Book Cliffs → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Book Cliffs → geologicalProvince → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau physiographic province
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest → traditionalRegion → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Grand Mesa → partOf → Colorado Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Plateau region (broadly defined)