Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
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IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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The Vermilion Cliffs seen from the floor of the river valley
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| Location | Coconino County, Arizona / Kane County, Utah, United States |
| Nearest city | Page, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 36°53′46″N 111°49′37″W / 36.8960968°N 111.8268367°WCoordinates: 36°53′46″N 111°49′37″W / 36.8960968°N 111.8268367°W |
| Area | 112,500 acres (455 km2) |
| Established | August 28, 1984 |
| Governing body | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is a 112,500 acres (455 km2) wilderness area located in northern Arizona and southern Utah, United States, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The wilderness is composed of broad plateaus, tall escarpments, and deep canyons.
The Paria River flows through the wilderness before joining the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry, Arizona.
The U.S. Congress designated the wilderness area in 1984 and it was largely incorporated into the new Vermilion Cliffs National Monument proclaimed in 2000 by executive order of President Bill Clinton.
Both the wilderness area and the National Monument are administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
The Colorado Plateau and its river basins are of immense value in the Earth sciences, specifically chronostratigraphy, as the region contains multiple terrain features exposing miles-thick contiguous rock columns that geologists and paleobiologists use as reference strata of the geologic record.
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