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Painted Desert
desert plateau in NC Ariz., east of the Colorado River
Origin: so named from the colorful rock strata
See Painted Desert in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A plateau region of north-central Arizona east of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers. Irregularly eroded layers of red and yellow sediment and clay have left striking bands of color.
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