| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Painted Desert |
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| badlands on the northeastern bank of the Little Colorado River, NE Ariz., stretching c.200 mi (320 km) SE from the Grand Canyon; includes Petrified Forest National Park. Striking bands of color result from irregularly eroded layers of red and yellow sediment and bentonite clay. |
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