Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A plateau of southwestern Colorado west of the San Juan Mountains. Its canyons contain numerous Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, including Cliff Palace.
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Examples
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Average annual precipitation in the Colorado portion of the region varies from 10 to 18 inches in lower areas; on the highest sites, such as Mesa Verde, 20 to 25 inches can occur.
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This is a major phenomenon; if you go to a national park such as Mesa Verde, you'll quickly find that every third visitor believes themselves to be the reincarnation of Crazy Horse.
CUUMBAYA 2008
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In the southwest we are stunned by the huge abandoned buildings of Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Comb Ridge and the Mogollon Rim.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It should be noted that Archaic pit houses in Wyoming were older than and vastly different from the deep and elaborate pit houses with storage pits, vent holes and partitions in the southwest, as at Mesa Verde.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It should be noted that Archaic pit houses in Wyoming were older than and vastly different from the deep and elaborate pit houses with storage pits, vent holes and partitions in the southwest, as at Mesa Verde.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It should be noted that Archaic pit houses in Wyoming were older than and vastly different from the deep and elaborate pit houses with storage pits, vent holes and partitions in the southwest, as at Mesa Verde.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In the southwest we are stunned by the huge abandoned buildings of Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Comb Ridge and the Mogollon Rim.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In the southwest we are stunned by the huge abandoned buildings of Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Comb Ridge and the Mogollon Rim.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It should be noted that Archaic pit houses in Wyoming were older than and vastly different from the deep and elaborate pit houses with storage pits, vent holes and partitions in the southwest, as at Mesa Verde.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In the southwest we are stunned by the huge abandoned buildings of Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Comb Ridge and the Mogollon Rim.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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