Painted Desert
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The Painted Desert is a colorful badlands region in northern Arizona, renowned for its layered bands of red, orange, and purple rock formations within the Colorado Plateau.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Painted Desert Rim | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
badlands region
ⓘ
desert ⓘ geographic region ⓘ |
| climate |
desert climate
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Chinle Formation
ⓘ
Triassic-age rocks ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 1500 meters above sea level
ⓘ
approximately 4900 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| formationProcess |
deposition of sedimentary layers
ⓘ
erosion ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature |
badlands
ⓘ
eroded sedimentary rocks ⓘ stratified rock layers ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ |
| hasColor |
gray
ⓘ
orange ⓘ pink ⓘ purple ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ |
| hasViewpoint |
Painted Desert
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Painted Desert Rim
|
| knownFor |
bands of orange rock
ⓘ
bands of purple rock ⓘ bands of red rock ⓘ colorful badlands landscape ⓘ layered sedimentary rock formations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
northern Arizona ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Colorado Plateau ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | named for its vivid, painted-like colors ⓘ |
| nearestCity |
Holbrook, Arizona
ⓘ
Winslow, Arizona ⓘ |
| partiallyContainedIn | Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ |
| partOf | Colorado Plateau ⓘ |
| region | Four Corners region ⓘ |
| rockType |
mudstone
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ shale ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| state | Arizona ⓘ |
| tourismType |
geotourism site
ⓘ
scenic tourism destination ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Painted Desert Rim