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Transition Zone

region, Arizona, United States
Also known as: Central Highlands

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physiography and climate of Arizona

  • Arizona
    In Arizona: Relief

    …broad valleys south through the Transition Zone and into the Basin and Range Province. The Transition Zone bordering the plateaus comprises separated plateau blocks, rugged peaks, and isolated rolling uplands so forbidding that they remained mostly unexplored until the late 19th century. The zone marks the ecological border between the…

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  • Arizona
    In Arizona: Climate of Arizona

    …diversity of relief within the Transition Zone, climatic conditions there vary widely over small areas. Much of Arizona’s humid area lies in this zone and in the adjacent high southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. There, perennial streams flowing through shaded riparian corridors contribute to atmospheric moisture, resulting in temperatures…

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