Yellowstone National Park Zespół Szkół w Firleju Gimnazjum
Mar 26, 2015
Yellowstone National Park
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National Park Definition
National park is a natural area designed (by the government) to protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and future generations.
Yellowstone National Park was established by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
Yellowstone is the oldest and best known national park in the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
Yellowstone National Park is located in the western United States. It spans 3,472 square miles (8,987 square km). Ninety-six percent of the park is located in the state of Wyoming, another three percent is in Montana, and one percent is in Idaho.
This park features the largest and most spectacular thermal area on earth:
over 10,000 geysers, hot springs, mud pots,
colorful travertine terraces.
LAND FORMATIONS
Old Faithful is one of the Parks most well known geysers
in the park
Hot Springs are pools of hot water, the source of their heat is the magma under the
earth’s surface.
Mud pots
Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs
Some other wonders of this national park include
•lakes, •waterfalls,
•petrified trees, •Obsidian Cliff
•the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.
LAND FORMATIONS
Yellowstone Lake
Obsidian Cliff is an exposed area where lava flow erupted
180 thousand years ago. Obsydian is a volcanic glass.
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River
Wildlife in Yellowstone
• Bear• Bighorn sheep
• Bison• Bobcat• Coyotes• Elk • Moose
• Mule Deer• Wolves
Coyote
Grizzly
Bobcat
Mule Deer
Moose
Elk
BISONS
Flora
• Lodgepole pine the most common tree in the park
• Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir especial in areas that are rich with volcanic soil.
• Wyoming paintbrush • Yellow monkeyflower near rivers
Subalpine fir Engelmann spruce
Wyoming paintbrush
Yellow monkeyflower