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69 relations: Apache, Apache County, Arizona, Arizona, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Black Canyon of the Colorado, BNSF Railway, Cameron, Arizona, Cerberus, Charon, Church Rock uranium mill spill, Cloudburst, Coconino County, Arizona, Colorado Plateau, Colorado River, Eagar, Arizona, Farmington, New Mexico, Flagstaff, Arizona, Flash flood, Flax, Flood wall, Gila River, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Falls, Arizona, Greer, Arizona, Havasu Creek, Hispanic, Holbrook, Arizona, Holocene, Hopi, Irrigation, Joseph City, Arizona, Last glacial period, Levee, Limestone, List of rivers of Arizona, List of tributaries of the Colorado River, Lyman Reservoir, Marble Canyon, Monsoon, Mormons, Mount Baldy (Arizona), Navajo, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, Painted Desert (Arizona), Perennial stream, Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, Puerco River, Quicksand, ..., Rio Grande, Riparian zone, River Reservoir, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe Trail, Silver Creek (Arizona), Southern Transcon, Spaniards, Springerville, Arizona, St. Johns, Arizona, Travertine, U.S. Route 89, U.S. state, United States Geological Survey, Uranium tailings, White Mountains (Arizona), Wupatki National Monument, Yuma, Arizona, Zuni River. Expand index (19 more) »
Apache
The Apache are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains and Western Apache.
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Apache County, Arizona
Apache County is located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.
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Black Canyon of the Colorado
The Black Canyon of the Colorado is the canyon on the Colorado River where Hoover Dam was built.
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BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway Company is the largest freight railroad network in North America, followed by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in second place, its primary competitor for Western U.S. freight.
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Cameron, Arizona
Cameron (Naʼníʼá Hasání) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.
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Cerberus
In Greek mythology, Cerberus (Κέρβερος Kerberos), often called the "hound of Hades", is the monstrous multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.
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Charon
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (Greek Χάρων) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.
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Church Rock uranium mill spill
The Church Rock uranium mill spill occurred in the US state of New Mexico on July 16, 1979, when United Nuclear Corporation's Church Rock uranium mill tailings disposal pond breached its dam.
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Cloudburst
A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, that is capable of creating flood conditions.
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Coconino County, Arizona
Coconino County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.
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Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States.
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Colorado River
The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande).
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Eagar, Arizona
Eagar is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States.
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Farmington, New Mexico
Farmington (Navajo: Tóta) is a city in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff is a city in and the county seat of Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States.
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Flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins.
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Flax
Flax (Linum usitatissimum), also known as common flax or linseed, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae.
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Flood wall
A flood wall (or floodwall) is a primarily vertical artificial barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway which may rise to unusual levels during seasonal or extreme weather events.
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Gila River
The Gila River (O'odham Pima: Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States.
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Tsékooh Hatsoh, Spanish: Gran Cañón) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named a national park.
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Grand Falls, Arizona
Grand Falls is a natural waterfall system located 30 miles (48.3 kilometers) northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona in the Painted Desert on the Navajo Nation.
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Greer, Arizona
Greer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States.
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Havasu Creek
Havasu Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Arizona associated with the Havasupai people.
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Hispanic
The term Hispanic (hispano or hispánico) broadly refers to the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain.
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Holbrook, Arizona
Holbrook (Tʼiisyaakin) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch.
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Hopi
The Hopi are a Native American tribe, who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
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Irrigation
Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.
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Joseph City, Arizona
Joseph City (elevation 5,000 ft) is an unincorporated community located in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
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Last glacial period
The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period years ago.
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Levee
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Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.
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List of rivers of Arizona
List of rivers in Arizona (U.S. state), sorted by name.
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List of tributaries of the Colorado River
The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the Gunnison River.
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Lyman Reservoir
The Lyman Reservoir is the largest lake in the region.
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Marble Canyon
Marble Canyon is the section of the Colorado River canyon in northern Arizona from Lee's Ferry to the confluence with the Little Colorado River, which marks the beginning of the Grand Canyon.
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Monsoon
Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.
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Mormons
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, initiated by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.
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Mount Baldy (Arizona)
Mount Baldy (Dził Łigai White Mountain) is a mountain in northeastern Arizona in the United States.
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Navajo
The Navajo (British English: Navaho, Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
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Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation (Naabeehó Bináhásdzo) is a Native American territory covering about, occupying portions of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico in the United States.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.
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Painted Desert (Arizona)
The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area (cited by Trimble The Sagebrush Ocean, p. 10) running from near the east end of the Grand Canyon National Park southeast into the Petrified Forest National Park.
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Perennial stream
A perennial stream or perennial river is a stream or river (channel) that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall.
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Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869
The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, led by American naturalist John Wesley Powell, was the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, including the first recorded passage of white men through the entirety of the Grand Canyon.
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Puerco River
The Puerco River: Rio Puerco) flows in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, through arid terrain, including the Painted Desert.
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Quicksand
Quicksand is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay), and water.
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Rio Grande
The Rio Grande (or; Río Bravo del Norte, or simply Río Bravo) is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River).
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Riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.
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River Reservoir
Built in 1896 on the Little Colorado River, River Reservoir is the largest and deepest of a trio of lakes collectively known as the Greer Lakes.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah.
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Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Independence, Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Silver Creek (Arizona)
Silver Creek is a stream located in the White Mountains of Arizona north of Show Low.
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Southern Transcon
The Southern Transcon is a railroad corridor between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois and serves as a BNSF Railway main line made up of 11 rail lines between Southern California and Chicago.
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Spaniards
Spaniards are a Latin European ethnic group and nation.
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Springerville, Arizona
Springerville is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States, within the White Mountains.
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St. Johns, Arizona
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Travertine
Travertine is a form of limestone deposited by mineral springs, especially hot springs.
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U.S. Route 89
U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Highway with two sections, and one former section.
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U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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Uranium tailings
Uranium tailings are a waste byproduct (tailings) of uranium mining.
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White Mountains (Arizona)
The White Mountains of Arizona are a mountain range and mountainous region in the eastern part of the state, near the border with New Mexico; it is a continuation from the west of the Arizona transition zone–Mogollon Rim, with the Rim ending in western New Mexico.
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Wupatki National Monument
The Wupatki National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in north-central Arizona, near Flagstaff.
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Yuma, Arizona
Yuma (Yuum) is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States.
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Zuni River
The Zuni (Zuñi) River is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in the southwestern United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Colorado_River
