Arizona topographic maps

Average elevation: 1,539 m

Average elevation: 1,666 m

Uplift associated with mountain formation later moved these sediments thousands of feet upward and created the Colorado Plateau. The higher elevation has also resulted in greater precipitation in the Colorado River drainage area, but not enough to change the Grand Canyon area from being semi-arid. The uplift…

Average elevation: 1,021 m

Average elevation: 2,297 m

Phoenix is in the south-central portion of Arizona; about halfway between Tucson to the southeast and Flagstaff to the north, in the southwestern United States. By car, the city is approximately 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of the US–Mexico border at Sonoyta and 180 mi (290 km) north of the border at…

Average elevation: 481 m

Average elevation: 1,916 m

Average elevation: 2,323 m

Average elevation: 1,725 m

Average elevation: 1,134 m