Four Corners

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This article is about the region in the United States. For other uses, see Four Corners (disambiguation).
The Four Corners region is in the red area on this map
The Four Corners region is in the red area on this map
The Four Corners Monument, placed by the Interior Department at the exact point.
The Four Corners Monument, placed by the Interior Department at the exact point.

The Four Corners is the survey point at the intersection of the four U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona and the high desert plateau region surrounding that point in the southwestern United States. This is the only point in the United States where four states touch. Three of the four state corners are on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The fourth corner, Colorado, is on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation. The Four Corners Monument located there has a $3 per person admission fee.

Four Corners Monument is located at the coordinates 36°59′56.31532″N, 109°02′42.62019″W according to the U.S. National Geodetic Survey.[1]

Because the Four Corners is part of a high Colorado Plateau, it is often a center for weather systems, which stabilize on the plateau, then proceed eastward toward the central and mountain states. This weather system creates snow and rainfall on the central part of America.

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