Презентация на тему "Yosemite National Park"

WELCOME TO YOSEMITE

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite is a national park in California, the USA. The park
covers an area of 3081 square km and reaches accross
the western slopes of Sierra Nevada mountains.
Nearly 4 million people visit it every year

Yosemite National Park was established in 1890.
In 1868 a yaung Scottish immigarant, John Muir,
arrived in San Francisco and asked for the way to
«Anywhere that’s wild».People told him about the
magical valley in the mountains of Sierra Nevada
and so he went there. He is believed to have
shouted with joy when he first saw Yosemite,
and this place became the love of his life.
Muir wanted Yosemite to be preserved in its
original state. A few years later the federal
government established the Yosemite
National park to protect the unique nature
of this place.

Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clean streams, giant sequoia groves and biological diversity

Yosemite is located in the central Sierra Nevada of California. It takes about 4 hours to drive to the park from San Francisco, 6 hours from Los Angeles

Within the area of 3081 square km. the national park contains thousands of lakes and ponds, 2600 rivers and streams, 1300 km of hiking trails and 560 km of roads.

Yosemite Valley represents only 1% of the park area, but this is where most visitors arrive and stay. Once a visitor enters, he finds himself in a dreamlike world: the air is fresh and crisp, , the bright blue sky is filled with the colours and songs of 247 species of birds, when you raise your head, ancient mountains greet you, when you look straight ahead, you see rainbows in thr many waterfalls, when you look down, you find yourself on a beautiful carpet of a thousand wildflowers.

Half Dome is said to be the most recognized natural wonder of Yosemite.

Some rocks are overhanging from the cliffs. Alot of tourists are known to pose on them.

Yosemite Falls

Giant Sequoias

These huge trees grow only in the west coast of the US and in one valley in China. They are as high as a 35-storey building.

Rafting may be a very exciting activity.

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