National Parks
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Yosemite | ...Y |
| Y Attractions | Mariposa grove, Grizzly Giant in mariposa grove, Glaciar point, Half dome, El Capitan, Falls of yosemite(Bridal veil fall, Nevada vernal falls, Yosemite fall) |
| Y Mariposa grove | has 500 tall secoyas |
| Y Grizzly Giant | 17 degrees of center |
| Y Glacier point | has 7214 ft elevation, everything in Yosemite formed by glaciers. |
| Y Flora | Grizzly Giant, secoyas |
| Y Fauna | Bears, Rattle Snakes, Dear |
| Waterron-Glacier | ...WG |
| WG History | Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes |
| WG attractions | Sun road , Flathead river, Continental divide |
| WG sun road | 50 mile highway |
| WG flathead river | water colored blue by minerals in setiment |
| WG continental divide | water running to the Atlantic river and the Golf of Mexico seperates from water going to the Pacific ocean |
| WG Unique facts | worlds first international park, Americas switzerland, Marias pass because of Lewis' cousin, Skyland Wildfire of 2007 took out 50,000 trees, celebritu cabins, wind fences to prevent wind from knocking over trains. |
| WG Flora | trees and flowers |
| WG trees | western red ceder, loge pole pine, hemlock |
| WG flowers | glacier lily, indian paintbrush, shooting stars |
| WG Fauna | grey wolves, mountain lions, lynxes, wolverines, grizzly bears, golden eagles, bald eagles |
| Mount Saint Helen's | ...MSH |
| MSH Attractions | silver lakes visitor center, coldwater and castle lake,Spirit lake, Lava canyon, Trail of two forest, Ape cave |
| MSH Coldwater and Castle lake | made by langslide |
| MSH Spirit lake | Grew twice in size |
| MSH Lava Canyon | explores canyon filled with waterfalls |
| MSH Unique facts | mountain actually blew top, decreased in height, you're allowed to walk straight up the volcano,small eruptions of ash since 1980 |
| MSH History | Home to cowlitx and Klickitat tribes, erupted in 1980, |
| MSH Flora | firs, mountain hemlock, lupins |
| MSH fauna | elk, black tailed dear, cougers, mountain goats, american black bear, american pipit, chipmunks |
| Congree national park | ...CNP |
| CNP attractions | canoe tours, congaree river bluetrail, boardwalk loop |
| CNP History | home to native americans who were wiped out by smallpox, 1905 owned by Cypress Lumber, 1915 left, 2003 became a national park |
| CNP Unique facts | South Carolinas first and only national park, swampy climate= green trees and sinking boats |
| CNP flora | pines, tupelo,sassafras, holly, sweetgum, oak |
| CNP fauna | coyotes snakes (poiseness), turtles(snapping) spiders |
| Allegheny Forest | ...AF |
| attractions AF | cook forest, bear town rocks, tributaries of clarion river |
| AF history | used to be hemlock and beech trees, North Americans burnt down much of surrounding forest to improve berry and oak, became a national forest in 1932 |
| AF flora | black cherry,white ash, yellow poplar, sugar maple, red maple |
| AF fauna | deer, grouse, mudpuppies, salamanders, crayfish, hellbenders, skulpins |
| Prince Edward Island | PEI |
| PEI facts | parabolic dunes, constantly changing |
| PEI attractions | Green Gables |
| PEI fauna | red squirrel |
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