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Painted Desert

–noun
a region in N central Arizona, E of the Colorado River: many-colored rock surfaces.
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Paint·ed Desert   (pān'tĭd)   
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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Painted Desert

Hundreds of miles of sandstone formations with a remarkable range of colors; located in northeastern Arizona.

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