The Colorado Plateau is America’s western treasure, home to the country’s highest concentration of national parks, monuments, wilderness areas, and state parks, and a near-endless bounty of wild, stunning landscape. Discovering the Colorado Plateau will explore this region through beautiful maps, full-color photography, and detailed descriptions of the area’s geography, history, and geology, as well as signature activities that encapsulate the best each locale has to offer. By purposefully shifting the focus away from the national parks, this book introduces readers to the various public lands and protected areas that are as exciting and wonderful as any of the major parks. Unlike any other book published recently about the Plateau, this book not only acts as a source of great information and imagery, but as a practical guide and a true celebration of one of America’s most beautiful and endangered lands.

The SeriesDiscover Geography (Revised Edition) Is A Series Comprising Three Course Books And Three Workbooks Catering To The Middle School Level. The Series Is Based On The Latest Syllabus Of The Inter-State Board For Anglo-Indian Education. The Books Have Been Fully Revised And Updated With A Brand New Look.The Key Features Of The Series Are :-Language Used Is Simple And Lucid For Easy Comprehension.'More Facts' Provide Additional Bits Of Interesting Information.'Points To Ponder On' Helps Students To Recall The Main Points Of The Text. This Section Includes Clear, Precise And Simple Definitions Of Each Geographical Term For Laying A Strong Foundation.'Activity' Section Is Appended For Reinforcing The Text.A Varied Range Of 'Exercises' Given To Test The Comprehension And Application Of The Text.Plenty Of Coloured Maps And Well Labelled Coloured Illustrations Have Been Carefully Integrated With The Text To Support And Enhance Learning And Understanding.

Powell's 1869 expedition was the first successful attempt to map the Colorado River. This volume assembles the explorers' journals, accounts, and letters into a compelling day-by-day narrative.

Each mineral species is described according to its synonymy, composition, crystallography and crystal habit, physical properties, optical properties, synthesis, identification, natural formation, and occurrence. The descriptive mineralogy is followed by determinative tables in which the mineral species are arranged according to their X-ray powder-diffraction interplanar spacings, chemical composition, optical properties, color, specific gravity, and fluorescence.