Painted Desert

 

badlands on the northeastern bank of the Little Colorado River, NE Ariz., stretching c.200 mi (320 km) SE from the Grand Canyon; includes Petrified Forest National Park. Striking bands of color result from irregularly eroded layers of red and yellow sediment and bentonite clay.

Painted Desert may refer to:

In places:

• Painted Desert, Arizona, an area of badlands in the southwestern United States
• Painted Desert (South Australia), a mountainous area in south-central Australia
• Painted Desert, Las Vegas, Nevada, a neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, US

In entertainment:

• The Painted Desert, a 1931 film starring Clark Gable
• "The Painted Desert" (Pat Benatar song), a 1985 single by Pat Benatar from her 1984 album Tropico
• "The Painted Desert", a song by 10,000 Maniacs from their 1987 album In My Tribe

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