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Shivwits Plateau
Shivwits Plateau, southeast terminus
Shivwits Plateau
Shivwits Plateau region of Arizona
Length
50 mi (80 km) NW to SE
Width
23 mi (37 km) E-W (at southeast terminus)
Geography
Country
United States
State
Arizona
Region
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Grand Canyon
District
Mohave County, Arizona
Communities
Littlefield, Arizona
Peach Springs, Arizona
Borders on
Hurricane Cliffs-E Colorado River and Aubrey Cliffs-E to SE Peach Springs, Arizona-S (Sanup Plateau)-(southwest border) Colorado River and (southwest)- Hualapai Indian Reservation-SW Grand Wash Cliffs-W and NW Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness-WNW Virgin Mountains-NNW Black Rock Mountain & Paiute Wilderness
The Shivwits Plateau is a large plateau in northwest Arizona, and in the northwest of the Grand Canyon region. Just like the Kaibab Plateau in the east Grand Canyon forces the course of the Colorado River encircling it, the Shivwits Plateau is the major course changer of the Colorado in west Grand Canyon. The Colorado River goes due-south on the east perimeter of the plateau, goes west, then northwest to its outfall at Lake Mead. The southwest of the plateau borders the Colorado, but a lower elevation section is directly riverside; it is lower elevation hills and small canyons, called Sanup Plateau, and bordering the section of the Colorado called the Lower Granite Gorge. (The Lower Granite Gorge starts on the east side at the start of its due-south excursion around Shivwits Plateau.)
(forested)-Shivwits Plateau, (center-left)
The Shivwits Plateau is named for the Shivwits section of the Paiute Indian tribes. The plateau is also one of the major areas of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument that is bordered by the Lake Mead National Recreation Area (west), the Hualapai Indian Reservation (southeast), and Grand Canyon National Park (east).
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shivwits Plateau
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