MONUMENT VALLEY IS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU IN THE NAVAJO REGION. THEY ARE MADE OF SANDSTONE BUTTES. THESE STAND 100' ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR. IT IS LOCATED ON THE ARIZONA ,UTAH STATE LINE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS. THESE BUTTES ARE USED NEAR USED FOR MOVIE LOCATIONS AS THEY ARE WELL KNOWN AS UNIQUE. GEOLOGICAL FEATURES. WHEN I VISITED THIS AREA THERE WERE FOLKS WHO WERE SELLING TURQUOISE AND NAVAJO JEWELRY AND SMALL FETISHES. THE VALLEY FLOOR HAS AN ELEVATION OF 6000' FEET. AN ANCIENT RIVER CARVED THIS VALLEY AND EXPOSED THE RED COLOR OF IRON OXIDE.
THESE BUTTES HAVE THREE LAYERS OF VARIOUS ROCK TYPES.THERE ARE VALLEY STRUCTURES THAT HAVE UNIQUE SHAPES. THE MAIN BUTTE LOOK LIKE 2 LARGE MITTENS. IN 1948- 1967 THE AREA WAS MINED FOR URANIUM, THAT OCCURS IN SCATTERED AREAS IN A CONGLOMERATE OF COPPER. THE MONUMENT IS A NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK. VISITORS MUST PAY AN ACCESS FEE TO DRIVE 17 MILES ON 17 MILES ON A DIRT ROAD. THE NAVAJO TOURS CHARGE FEES DEPENDING UPON THE ROUTE. SOME TOURS ARE BUY HORSE RIDES. THEY ALSO HAVE HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHTS.
THEIR CLIMATE IS UNUSUAL AS IN SUMMER IT MAY BE 100 DEGREES AND DROP TO 38 AT NIGHT!. SINCE IT IS HIGH ELEVATION IN WINTER THERE MAY BE SLIGHT SNOWFALL BUT IT MELTS WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.
THE NAVAJO NATION IS A SEMI AUTONOMOUS NATIVE RESERVATION COVERING 27,000 SQUARE MILES IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA, SOUTHEAST UTAH. AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. IT IS THE LARGEST LAND AREA ASSIGNED TO A NATIVE AMERICAN TERRITORY WITHIN THE U.S. BY 1969 THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED TO NAVAJO NATION. DINE REPRESENTED SUFFERING BEFORE THE LONG WALK.
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