Arizona Geography

Latitude:
31° 20' N to 37° N

Arizona is about 400 miles long and about 310 miles wide (about the size of the Philippines).

Arizona is bordered by Utah to the north. In the south, Arizona shares an international border with Mexico.

On the east is New Mexico and on the west is Nevada and California.

The highest point in Arizona is Humphreys Peak, northwest of Flagstaff, at 12,633 feet above sea level. The lowest point in Arizona is the Colorado River, only 70 feet above sea level.

The mean elevation of the State of Arizona is 4,100 feet above sea level.

Major rivers comprise of Colorado River, Little Colorado River, Gila River, Bill Williams River, while major lakes include Lake Mead, Lake Havasu, Lake Mohave, Theodore Roosevelt Lake, San Carlos Lake, Lake Powell.

The State of Arizona is of extraordinary topographic diversity and beauty. The Colorado Plateau, which covers two-fifths of the state in the north, is an arid upland region characterized by deep canyons, notably the Grand Canyon, a vast gorge more than 200 mi (320 km) long, up to 18 mi (29 km) wide, and more than 1 mi (1.6 km) deep.

Located in the Rocky Mountains region of the southwestern US, this Arizona geography will show you that Arizona ranks 6th in size among the 50 states.

The total area of Arizona is 114,000 sq mi (295,260 sq km), land of which takes up 113,508 sq mi (293,986 sq km) and inland water 492 sq mi (1,274 sq km).

Arizona is one of the Four Corners states that also borders New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. It is home to the colorful and steep Grand Canyon, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The state’s large area and variations in elevation make it possess a wide variety of localized conditions.

Isn’t it amazing to know how Arizona can have temperatures that can actually adapt water skiing and snow skiing in the same day?

Also within this region are the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, as well as Humphreys Peak.

The Mogollon Rim separates the northern plateau from a central region of alternating basins and ranges with a general northwest–southeast direction. Ranges in the Mexican Highlands in the southeast include the Chiricahua, Dos Cabezas, and Pinaleno mountains. The Sonora Desert, in the southwest, contains the lowest point in the state, 70 ft (21 m) above sea level, on the Colorado River near Yuma.

The Colorado is the state's major river, flowing southwest from Glen Canyon Dam on the Utah border through the Grand Canyon and westward to Hoover Dam, then turning south to form the border with Nevada and California. Tributaries of the Colorado include the Little Colorado and Gila rivers. Arizona has few natural lakes, but there are several large artificial lakes formed by dams for flood control, irrigation, and power development. These include Lake Mead (shared with Nevada), formed by Hoover Dam; Lake Powell (shared with Utah); Lake Mohave and Lake Havasu (shared with California), formed by David Dam and Parker Dam, respectively; Roosevelt Lake, formed by Theodore Roosevelt Dam; and the San Carlos Lake, created by Coolidge Dam.

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