Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a national park in the state of California, U.S.A.. Created on 1 October 1890, it was the second national park, after Yellowstone. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1] Yosemite covers 1,189 square miles (3,081 square kilometers) on the Sierra Nevada.
Over 3.5 million people visit the park each year.[2] Despite the park's great size, most people spend time in Yosemite Valley, one of the most beautiful places in the park. Almost 95 percent of the park is wilderness. Yosemite has many waterfalls. The most famous of these is the world-famous Yosemite Falls, which at 2,425 feet (739 m) tall, is one of the tallest waterfalls in the world.[3]
In the northern area of the park lies the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, a debated dam project. The reservoir floods. Many people supporting environmentalism are trying to get the dam removed.[4]
The eighth major operating system of OS X by Apple Inc. is named after the Yosemite National Park, called OS X Yosemite.
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El Capitan
- Yosemite upper falls winter 2010.JPG
Yosemite National Park Media
- Chief Tenaya by Sculptor Sal Maccarone carved in 1990.jpg
Sculpture of Chief Tenaya made by Sal Maccarone for the Tenaya Lodge in Yosemite National Park
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A basket woven by Miwok-Mono Paiute Native American artist Lucy Telles.* * active in the Yosemite Valley region, California. * in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Bridalveil Fall and El Capitan, by Carleton Watkins (c. 1880)
- O'Shaughnessy Dam.jpg
O'Shaughnessy Dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley
- Yosemite Valley - El Capitan from Central Pillar of Frenzy - 2.JPG
El Capitan, a granite monolith on Yosemite Valley's northern escarpment
- The spiny crown of Cathedral Peak, Yosemite National Park, California.jpg
The Merced River flowing through Yosemite Valley, a U-shaped valley
Bridalveil Fall flows from a U-shaped hanging valley that was created by a tributary glacier.
El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, view from the valley floor. Photo taken in Autumn. Note*the climbers.
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Generalized geologic map of the Yosemite area (based on a USGS image)
Related pages
References
- ↑ UNESCO, "Yosemite National Park"; retrieved 2012-4-19.
- ↑ "Yosemite-History and Culture". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ↑ "Yosemite Falls". World Waterfall Database. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ↑ "Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme". Retrieved 2009-03-30.
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