Yankin da aka zana (Arizona)

Hamadar Pained hamada ce ta Amurka ta badlands a yankin Kusurwoyi Hudu,   yana gudana daga kusa da ƙarshen ƙarshen Grand Canyon National Park da kudu maso gabas zuwa gandun daji na Petrified Forest . Ana samun sauƙin isa gare ta daga yankin arewacin dajin Petrified Forest National Park. Hamadar Painted sananne ne da kyawawan launuka iri-iri: waɗannan sun haɗa da dutsen ja da aka fi sani, amma kuma inuwar lavender.

 Tarihi 
Wani balaguro na Sipaniya a ƙarƙashin Francisco Vázquez de Coronado ya sanya sunan Hamadar Painted a lokacin ƙoƙarinsa na 1540 don nemo Biranen Bakwai na Cibola . Ya gano waɗannan kusan  gabas da Parkrified Forest National Park . Gano garuruwan ba a yi su da zinariya ba, Coronado ya aika da balaguro don nemo kogin Colorado don samun kayayyaki. Suna wucewa ta wurin ban mamaki na launuka, suka sanya wa yankin suna El Desierto Pintado ("The Painted Desert"). 

Yawancin Hamadar Fentin da ke cikin gandun dajin na Petrified Forest ana kiyaye su azaman jejin dajin Petrified, inda aka iyakance tafiye-tafiye masu motsi.  Wurin shakatawa yana ba da sauƙi da tsayin tafiya zuwa tsaunuka masu launi. Hamadar Painted ta ci gaba da zuwa arewa zuwa cikin Navajo Nation, inda ba a ba da izinin tafiya a kan hanya ba kawai ta hanyar izini.

 Geology 
Hamadar ta ƙunshi tarkace yadudduka na siltstone, dutsen laka, da shale na Triassic Chinle Formation, wanda ke lalacewa cikin sauƙi. Wadannan lallausan dutse masu kyau sun ƙunshi ɗimbin ƙarfe da sinadarai na manganese, waɗanda ke ba da launi na launuka daban-daban na yankin. Sirara, mai jurewa lacustrine yadudduka na farar ƙasa da kwararan wuta mai aman wuta suna ɗaukar mesas . Yadudduka da yawa na tokar volcanic na silicic suna faruwa a cikin Chinle kuma suna ba da silica ga gundumomin yankin. Rushewar waɗannan yadudduka ya haifar da samuwar yanayin yanayin badlands na yankin.  Baars, Donald L., Navajo Country, University of New Mexico Press, 1995 pp. 47–53  Baars, Donald L., The Colorado Plateau: a Geologic History, University of New Mexico Press, 1983, pp. 163–68 

A cikin yankunan kudancin hamada, ragowar dajin na zamanin Triassic ya zama burbushin halittu sama da miliyoyin shekaru. Iska, ruwa da zaizayar ƙasa suna ci gaba da canza fuskar shimfidar wuri ta hanyar canza laka da fallasa yadudduka na Samuwar Chinle. Ana samun nau'in tsiro da dabbobin da aka riga aka kayyade a cikin yankin, da kuma tsoffin waƙoƙin dinosaur da shaidar kasancewar farkon ɗan adam.

 Yanki da yanayi 
Hamadar Painted ta shimfida kusan daga Cameron – Birnin Tuba kudu maso gabas zuwa Holbrook da ya wuce da gandun daji na Petrified Forest . Hamadar tana da  tsayi da kusan  fadi, yana mai da shi kusan    a yanki. "Grand Canyon and Other Spectacular Sights in Arizona", on-the-matrix.com,  Iyakar kudu maso yamma da kudu ita ce Mogollon Plateau, kuma a kan iyakar kudu maso kudu da Mogollon Rim, iyakar arewacin yankin mika mulki na Arizona .

Sakamakon inuwar ruwan sama mai ƙarfi na Mogollon Rim, Hamadar Painted tana da yanayin hamada mai sanyi ( Köppen BWk ), tare da zafi, bushewar lokacin rani da sanyi (ko da yake kusan babu dusar ƙanƙara). Hazo na shekara shine mafi ƙanƙanta a arewacin Arizona kuma a wurare da yawa yana ƙasa da Phoenix . 

 Dama 
Yawancin yankin ana samun isarsu ne kawai ta ƙafa ko kuma titin da ba a buɗe ba duk da cewa an yanke manyan tituna da manyan tituna a yankin. Garuruwan Cameron da Tuba City, dukansu na Navajo Nation, manyan ƙauyuka ne guda biyu. Ana buƙatar izini don duk tafiye-tafiye na baya a ƙasar Navajo. 

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