<Li> Canyon Lands Section </Li> <P> As the name implies, the High Plateaus Section is, on average, the highest section . North - south trending normal faults that include the Hurricane, Sevier, Grand Wash, and Paunsaugunt separate the section's component plateaus . This fault pattern is caused by the tensional forces pulling apart the adjacent Basin and Range province to the west, making this section transitional . </P> <P> Occupying the southeast corner of the Colorado Plateau is the Datil Section . Thick sequences of mid-Tertiary to late - Cenozoic - aged lava covers this section . </P> <P> Development of the province has in large part been influenced by structural features in its oldest rocks . Part of the Wasatch Line and its various faults form the western edge of the province . Faults that run parallel to the Wasatch Fault that lies along the Wasatch Range form the boundaries between the plateaus in the High Plateaus Section . The Uinta Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, and the Paradox Basin were also created by movement along structural weaknesses in the region's oldest rock . </P>

Plants and animals in the colorado plateau region