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Arizona
Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also part of the Western United States and of the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix . Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It borders with New Mexiko, Utah, Nevada , California , and Mexico , and one point in common with
the southwestern corner of Colorado.
Climate
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizonafeatures forests of pine , Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges ( such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine , and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forest , national parks , and nation monuments.
About midway through February , the temperatures start to rise again, with warm days , and cool, breezy nights. The summer months of June through September bring a dry heat ranging from 90–120 °F (32–49 °C), with occasional high temperatures exceeding 125 °F having been observed in the desert area.November through February are the coldest months, with temperatures typically ranging from 40 to 75 °F (4 to 24 °C), with occasional frosts

Etymology

The name of the state appears to originate from an earlier Spanish name, Arizonac, derived from the O'odham name alĭ ṣonak, meaning "small spring", which initially applied only to an area near the Mexican silver mining camp of Planchas de Plata, Sonora . This is supported by the fact that the area is still known as alĭ ṣonak in the O'odham language. Another possible origin is the Basque phrase haritz ona ("the good oak").There is a misconception that the state's name originated from the Spanish term for " Arid Zone".
Geography and geology
Arizona is located in the Southwestern United States as one of the Four Corners states. Arizona is the sixth largest state by area, after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 113,998 square miles (295,000 km2), approximately 15% is privately owned . The remaining area is public forest and park land , state trust land and Native American reservations.
Arizona is well known for its desert Basin qnd range region in the southern portions of the state, which is rich in a landscape of xerophyte plants such as the cactus and its climate with exceptionally hot summers and mild winters. The state is less well known for its pine-covered north -central portion of the state's high country of the Colorado Plateau.The Grand Canyon is a colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona. The canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and is largely contained in the Grand Canyon National Park—one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of designating the Grand Canyon area as a National Park, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lion and enjoy the scenery . The canyon was created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years , and is about 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6 to 29 km) and attains a depth of more than 1 mile (1.6 km). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateau uplifted.
Generally, Arizona is at low risk of earthquakes , except for the southwestern portion which is at moderate risk due to its proximity to Southern California. On the other hand, Northern Arizona is at moderate risk due to numerous faults in the area. The regions that are at lowest risk in the state are near and west of Phoenix.
The earliest Arizona earthquakes were recorded at Fort Yuma, on the California side of the Colorado River. They were centered near the Imperial Valley, or Mexico, back in the 1800s. In 1887, Douglas felt the shock of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake with an epicenter 40 miles to the south in the Mexican state of Sonora. The first damaging earthquake known to be centered within Arizona's borders occurred on January 25, 1906, also including a series of other earthquakes centered near Socorro, New Mexico. The shock was violent in Flagstaff.
Tourist Attractions in Arizona
Grand Canyon
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Monument Valley
Hoover Dam
Havasu Falls
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
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