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Colorado The Colorado state seal features a blue circular field with a heraldic shield showing three snowcapped mountains at the top and a miner's pick and hammer at the bottom. Above the shield is the eye of God inside a triangle, with a bundle of rods and an axe between the shield and the eye. A banner below the shield reads Nil Sine Numine. The outer red ring says State of Colorado and 1876, with blue stars around the border. Colorado's state bird is the lark bunting. The Rocky Mountain columbine is the state flower of Colorado. Political map of Colorado showing state and county boundaries, major cities, county seats, and neighboring states. The map includes cities such as Denver (the state capital), Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, and Grand Junction, with a small locator map in the top left corner highlighting Colorado's location within the United States. Pikes Peak Map of the United States highlighting Colorado in orange, with Denver marked as its capital, showing Colorado's central-western location within the country. Surrounding states, major cities, and neighboring countries are also visible for context. Denver, Colorado: skyline Physical map of Colorado showing major landforms, including the Rocky Mountains running north to south, plateaus, peaks such as Mount Elbert, rivers, reservoirs, and national parks. State boundaries and neighboring states are marked, with a small locator map of Colorado's position in the United States in the upper left corner. Map of the northern Mountain region of the United States, highlighting major physical features, rivers, and mountain ranges across Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, as well as parts of neighboring states. State capitals and key cities are marked, along with features such as the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone Lake, and Flathead Lake. The map also shows the region's proximity to the Canadian border.
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Colorado

state, United States
Also known as: Centennial State
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John L. Dietz
Professor of Geography, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley.
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Colorado, constituent state of the United States of America. It is classified as one of the Mountain states, although only about half of its area lies in the Rocky Mountains. It borders Wyoming and Nebraska to the north, Nebraska and Kansas to the east, Oklahoma and New Mexico to the south, Arizona to the southwest, and Utah to the west. Colorado was admitted to the union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state. The...

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