Question

Q2: The present-day topography of Arizona formed over a time interval that encompasses less than ____ percent of the entire geologic history of the state.

Answer 1

Sixty percent

Step-by-step explanation:

• As Arizona is the sixth largest state in North America ranked after Mexico, the state has 113,998 square miles 295,000 km square. The landscape is rich with cactus plants. Located in Arizona is the great canyon a steep-sided gorge carved by the colorado river.

• The climate is primarily desert with mild winters and extremely hot summers. The southwest of Arizona has an abundance of mountains and plateaus besides this the state also has aridity of 27%. Colorado plateau covers 5,000 to 8,000 feet.

• In Arizona lies a transitional zone of Mogollon Rim, a cliff and a dramatic escarpment this terrane receives heavy rainfall due to the mountain ranges and temperature by latitudes.

• Arizona is home to four deserts like the Sonoran desert, Mojave desert, Painted desert, Chihuahuan desert.