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Water
IN THE DESERT THE BREATHTAKING BEAUTY OF LAKE POWELL WILL SURPRISE YOU
Arizona has become synonymous with desert One of Arizona’s true jewels that’s definitely worth
– a fair analogy, given it is the only state in the a visit either before or after the always-exciting
U.S. with four deserts: the Chihuahuan in the Scottsdale Auction is Lake Powell. Straddling the
southeast, the Mojave in the upper west, the Arizona-Utah border, Lake Powell was created in
massive Sonoran taking up most of the southwest 1963 when the Glen Canyon Dam held back the
and central part of the state, and part of the Great waters of the Colorado River. The result was a vast
Basin Desert in the northeast. blue lake surrounded by breathtakingly beautiful
But many visitors are surprised to find that sandstone walls. Remarkably, it took 17 years for
Arizona is also home to 128 lakes and five major the lake to fill the canyon to the high-water mark
rivers, beckoning outdoor enthusiasts to hike, (3,700 feet above sea level), giving America its
raft, boat, ski and fish year-round. second largest man-made lake (only Lake Mead
on the Arizona-Nevada border is bigger) – and a
playground like no place on Earth.
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