Colorado
Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the
largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located
on the Arizona-Utah state line (around 36°59′N 110°6′W), Monument Valley
(Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region
of the near the Four Corners area.
The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The floor is largely
siltstone of the Cutler Formation, or sand derived from it, deposited
by the meandering rivers that carved the valley. The valley's vivid red
color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The
darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese
oxide.
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