Grand Canyon State

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Grand Canyon State - a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand CanyonArizona, AZGlen Canyon Dam - a large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in ArizonaLake Mead - the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational areaLake Powell - the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado Riversouthwestern United States, Southwest - the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and ColoradoGrand Canyon National Park - a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animalsPetrified Forest National Park - a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous treesU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776Flagstaff - a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatoryMesa - a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of PhoenixNogales - a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexicocapital of Arizona, Phoenix - the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigationPrescott - a town in central ArizonaSun City - a residential suburb of PhoenixTucson - a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th centuryYuma - a town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California borderChihuahuan Desert - a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern MexicoGila Desert - a desert area in southern ArizonaMohave Desert, Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mojave - a desert area in southern California and western ArizonaPainted Desert - a desert on a high plateau in northeastern ArizonaSonoran Desert - a desert in southwestern ArizonaCataract Canyon - a tributary of the Grand CanyonColorado River, Colorado - an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United StatesColorado Plateau - a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern cornerGila, Gila River - a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado RiverGrand Canyon - the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona