This is a list of regions of Arizona, in the USA.
Region | Description of Region | Notes | |
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Arizona Strip | Arizona Strip |
Mojave Desert | |
Arizona Sun Corridor | Arizona Sun Corridor | Megaregion extending from Prescott to Nogales | |
Arizona transition zone | Mogollon Rim and White Mountains (Arizona) in east |
the transition zone region (diagonal across Arizona–NW-to-E-central); Colorado Plateau to northeast, lower level deserts of Basin and Range to west-(NW), SW, and south |
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Canyon Lands | Monument Valley | the Canyonlands of SE Utah and NE Arizona see: Physiographic regions of the world |
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Coconino Plateau | Coconino Plateau | ||
Colorado River | Colorado River | Mojave Desert in North In south-Sonoran Desert/Colorado Desert(So. Calif.) |
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Colorado Plateau | Colorado Plateau | ||
Grand Canyon | Grand Canyon | ||
Kaibab Plateau | Kaibab Plateau | ||
Lower Colorado River Valley | Lower Colorado River regions | Regions below Hoover Dam south to the Colorado River Delta(Mexico) see: Category:Lower Colorado River Valley |
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Madrean sky islands | Madrean sky islands, |
Southern Arizona, near Tucson, Nogales, Douglas | |
Mogollon Plateau | Mogollon Plateau | ||
Mogollon Rim | Mogollon Rim | ||
Mojave Desert | Mojave Desert | Mohave County, Arizona and associated areas |
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Monument Valley | Monument Valley the Canyon Lands |
see: Physiographic regions of the world | |
Navajo Nation | Navajo Nation w/Monument Valley |
Northeast Arizona and the Colorado Plateau |
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Northeast Arizona | Northeast Arizona | ||
Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona | ||
Oak Creek Canyon | Oak Creek Canyon bordering on west: Sycamore Canyon |
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Phoenix Metropolitan Area | Phoenix Metropolitan Area | see also: Category:Phoenix metropolitan area |
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San Francisco volcanic field | San Francisco volcanic field | ||
Sonoran Desert | Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert | by the Hoover Dam/Lake Mead, (w&nw)(Mojave Desert) Chihuahuan Desert by extreme SE Arizona All of central, and sw Arizona-lower elevations below Mogollon Rim: part of Sonoran Desert; even the bottom of the Grand Canyon(a lower elevation) would have Sonoran Desert biota/Sonoran influence |
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United States–Mexico border | United States–Mexico border | ||
Verde Valley | Verde Valley with/ Oak Creek Canyon |
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White Mountains (Arizona) | White Mountains (Arizona) |
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