Arizona

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Phoenix

Phoenix

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the seat of Maricopa County and the capital of the most populous state in the United States.

The city was built on the site of ancient indigenous irrigation channels. These were used to irrigate the area and develop local agriculture. The city gained new impetus during the Second World War, after the installation of air bases in the area.

Flower state

Cercidium floridum is the state flower of Arizona

The Phoenix Art Museum is the Southwest United States' largest art museum for visual art. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the museum is 285,000-square-foot (26,500 m2).

Phoenix Art Museum

Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted.

Desert Botanical Garden

The Desert Botanical Garden is a 140 acres (57 ha) botanical garden located at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, Arizona USA. Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 and established at this site in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, in more than 4000 taxa, one-third of which are native to the area, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered.

The Maine

The Maine is a rock band from the United States originates in Tempe, Arizona.

Country belongs to: United States of America State Capital: Phoenix Major cities: Phoenix, Tucson and Gilbert. Geographic location: Southwestern United States Gentile: Arizono (a) Population: 6.59 million (2009) Population density (inhabitants per km ²): 22.34 Average elevation: 1250 meters Area (in km ²): 295 254 Administration: 15 counties Main Economic Activities: industry, mining,

agriculture and tourism. Grand River: Gila River Annual average temperature: 24 ° C Annual rainfall: 330 mm

Bibliographic references

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Desert_Botanical_Garden http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Phoenix_Art_Museum http://www.suapesquisa.com/paises/

eua/arizona.htm http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Phoenix_(Arizona)

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