Landform of the Colorado Plateau in the western United States
The
Mogollon Plateau
or
Mogollon Mesa
(
or
)
[1]
is a
pine
-covered southern
plateau
section of the larger
Colorado Plateau
in east-central
Arizona
and west-central
New Mexico
,
United States
.
[2]
The southern boundary of the plateau is the
Mogollon Rim
. The Mogollon Plateau is 7,000?8,000 feet (2,100?2,400 m) high. The plateau lends its name to the Mogollon tribe, part of the
Cochise
-Mogollan peoples who inhabited this and nearby areas from 5,000 to 2,500 years ago. Their descendants are believed to include the
Anasazi
.
Lakes
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At the south and southwest of the plateau, bordering the
Mogollon Rim
numerous lakes occur.
[3]
At the east near
Show Low, Arizona
, is
Little Mormon Lake
, Whipple Lake,
Long Lake
, and
Fool Hollow Lake
. At the western plateau region, are
Soldier Lake
,
Tremaine Lake
, Soldier Annex Lake, and
Stoneman Lake
further west. Just south is
Blue Ridge Reservoir
on East Clear Creek. Eastwards, just west of the center of the plateau, and southwards, adjacent the Rim are:
Knoll Lake
,
Bear Canyon Lake
,
Woods Canyon Lake
,
Willow Springs Lake
, and
Black Canyon Lake
; just north of this lake group, on Chevelon Creek (Chevelon Canyon), is
Chevelon Canyon Lake
. Numerous washes, or creeks trend north on the plateau from the Mogollon Rim; at the west they trend more northeast, towards the
Painted Desert
region.
Wilderness areas
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Three wilderness areas also trend westwards from the west-(west-southwest) area of the Mogollon Plateau. The southern one,
Fossil Springs Wilderness
, is more closely associated with the
Mogollon Rim
. The two north of it, and also running due-westwards in parallel creeks to Fossil Creek of the Fossil Springs Wilderness, are the
West Clear Creek Wilderness
, and the
Wet Beaver Wilderness
.
See also
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References
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- Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, Benchmark Maps, 2nd Edition, c. 1998, 112 pages; pp. 40?41, 42?43, & 74?75, 75?76.
External links
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34°29′N
110°48′W
/
34.483°N 110.800°W
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34.483; -110.800