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 The [[Mogollon Rim]] ({{IPA|/ ˌmoʊ gəˈyoʊn /}}), a {{convert|1998|ft|adj=on}} [[escarpment]], cuts across the state's central section and marks the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau. In 2002, this was an area of the [[Rodeo–Chediski Fire]], the worst fire in state history until 2011.
-Located in northern Arizona, the [[Grand Canyon]] is a colorful, deep, steep-sided gorge, carved by the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado River]]. The canyon is one of the [[Seven Natural Wonders of the World]] and is largely contained in the [[Grand Canyon National Park]]{{snd}}one of the first national parks in the United States. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was a major proponent of designating the Grand Canyon area as a National Park, often visiting to hunt [[cougar|mountain lion]] and enjoy the scenery. The canyon was created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, and is about {{convert|277|mi}} long, ranges in width from {{convert|4|to|18|mi|0}} and attains a depth of more than {{convert|1|mi}}. Nearly two{{spaces}}billion years of the [[Earth]]'s history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateau uplifted.
+Located in northern Arizona, the [[Grand Canyon]] is a colorful, deep, steep-sided gorge, carved by the [[Colorado River (U.S.)|Colorado River]]. The canyon is one of the [[Seven Natural Wonders of the World]] and is largely contained in the [[Grand Canyon National Park]]{{snd}}one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of designating the Grand Canyon area as a National Park, often visiting to hunt [[cougar|mountain lion]] and enjoy the scenery. The canyon was created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, and is about {{convert|277|mi}} long, ranges in width from {{convert|4|to|18|mi|0}} and attains a depth of more than {{convert|1|mi}}. Nearly two{{spaces}}billion years of the [[Earth]]'s history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateau uplifted.
 Arizona is home to one of the most well-preserved [[meteorite]] impact sites in the world. Created around 50,000 years ago, the Barringer Meteorite Crater (better known simply as "[[Meteor Crater]]") is a gigantic hole in the middle of the high plains of the Colorado Plateau, about {{convert|25|mi|km}} west of [[Winslow, Arizona|Winslow]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meteor Crater Arizona - World's Best Meteorite Impact Crater |url=https://www.meteorite.com/meteor-crater/#:~:text=Meteor%20Crater%20(Barringer%20Meteorite%20Crater,preserved%20impact%20crater%20on%20Earth. |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.meteorite.com |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913041730/https://www.meteorite.com/meteor-crater/#:~:text=Meteor%20Crater%20(Barringer%20Meteorite%20Crater,preserved%20impact%20crater%20on%20Earth. |url-status=live }}</ref> A rim of smashed and jumbled boulders, some of them the size of small houses, rises {{convert|150|ft|m}} above the level of the surrounding plain. The crater itself is nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide and {{convert|570|ft|m}} deep.