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National parks in the USA

National parks in the USA

• 58 protected areas known as national parks• operated by the National Park Service• established by an act of the US Congress• 14 national parks are designated UNESCO

World Heritage Sites• most parks per state:– Alaska 8, California 8, Utah 5 and Colorado 4

• most visited Great Smoky Mountains (over 9 million per year), Grand Canyon (over 4 million)

Map of the National Parks

Yellowstone

Death Valley

YosemiteSequoia

Rocky Mountain

Wrangell–St. Elias

Grand Canyon

Great Smoky Mountains

Yellowstone National Park

• location: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho

• the first national park, established in 1872

• known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features

Grand Prismatic Spring and Midway Geyser Basin Beehive Geyser Erupting

Yellowstone National Park

Bison near a hot spring 

Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Yosemite National Park

• location: California

• elevation range from 648 m to 3997 m

• spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, glaciers

Yosemite valley Vernal Fall

Yosemite National Park

View from Glacier point

Sequoia National Park

• location: California

• giant sequoia trees, mountains, caves

• Giant Forest– contains five out of the ten

largest trees in the world

• General Sherman tree– one of the largest trees on Earth

– height 83.8 m

– circumference at ground 31.3 m

– diameter of largest branch 2.1 m

– estimated mass (wet) 1,910 tGeneral Sherman Tree

Sequoia National Park

Crystal Cave

Hamilton Lake and the Valhalla cliffs Tunnel Log

Great Smoky MountainsNational Park

• location: North Carolina, Tennessee

• the most visited national park

– over 9 million visitors per year

Cades Cove Panorama

Great Smoky MountainsNational Park

Alum Cave Bluffs TrailClingman's Dome Observation Tower

Rocky Mountain National Park• location: Colorado

• it features majestic mountain views and a variety of wildlife

Bierstadt Lake and mountains

Rocky Mountain National Park

Glacier Gorge viewed from Bear LakePeaks above Dream Lake

Wrangell–St. EliasNational Park and Preserve

• location: Alaska

• the largest national park

• icefields, glaciers, rivers, an active volcano

Mount Jarvis, 4091 mMount Saint Elias, 5489 m, second highest mountain in Canada and the USA

Death Valley National Park• location: California and Nevada

• hottest and driest of the national parks in the US

• lowest point is in Badwater Basin

– 86 m below sea level

Devil's Golf CourseMesquite Sand Dunes

Death Valley National Park

Racetrack Playa with a rock pushed by the wind

Death Valley Desert

Grand Canyon National Park• location: Arizona

• the canyon of the Colorado River is mile deep

– average distance across the canyon is 10 miles/16 km

• South Rim and North Rim visitor centers

Grand Canyon: Vishnu Temple and Wotans Throne

Grand Canyon National Park

View from Mather Point

Grand Canyon National Park

View from Navajo Point

Nankoweap Creek, North Rim

North part of the Grand Canyon

Map of the National Parks

Yellowstone

Death Valley

YosemiteSequoia

Rocky Mountain

Wrangell–St. Elias

Grand Canyon

Great Smoky Mountains

Identify National Parks

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Youtube Videos

Top 10 Romantic US National Parks (2:23)

Thermal Features in Yellowstone National Park (6:45)

Amazing Flight Over The Grand Canyon (6:11)

Grand Canyon Skywalk (2:12)

Tunnel Log at Sequoia National Park (0:28)

Death Valley National Park (5:49)

ResourcesImages Links

All images are licensed under the Creative Commons license or released in public domain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_national_parkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Parkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Parkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_National_Parkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_National_Parkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangell%E2%80%93St._Elias_National_Park_and_Preservehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_National_Parkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_National_Park

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_with_state_names_2.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Prismatic_Spring_and_Midway_Geyser_Basin_from_above.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beehive_Geyser_Erupting.JPGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YellowstonefallJUN05.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_Terraces_of_Mammoth_Hot_Springs.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_near_a_hot_spring_in_Yellowstone.JPGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:YosemitePark2_amk.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vernal_Fall_08776.JPGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glacierpoint-view.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:General_Sherman_tree_looking_up.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kaweah_downValley.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frenchieb/2940429610/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CrystalCave_vgane.JPGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cades_Cove_Panorama.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clingman%27s_Dome_Tower_on_a_Sunny,_Snowy_Day.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alum_Cave_Bluffs_Trail.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bierstadt_Lake,_Rocky_Mountain_National_Park,_USA.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rmnppeaks.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rocky_Mountain_National_Park_in_September_2011_-_Glacier_Gorge_from_Bear_Lake.JPGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mt_Saint_Elias.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MountJarvis.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mesquite_Sand_Dunes_in_Death_Valley.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Devil%27s_Golf_Course_in_Death_Valley_NP.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2006_1205_135618-DVNP-RACETRACK.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Death_Valley,19820817,Desert,radiator_water_tank.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/5477447298/in/set-72157626136162880/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/5446833118/in/set-72157626052533148/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Canyon_North.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nankoweap.JPG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/5449492415/in/set-72157626052533148/

Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř

Projekt: Škola v digitálním světě aneb Uchop svoji šanci

Registrační číslo:CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0210

Číslo DUM: VY_32_INOVACE_3A18

Jméno autora: Mgr. Dundálková Věra

Název práce: National parks in the USA

Předmět: Anglický jazyk

Ročník: 2. – 4.

Časová dotace: 25 – 30 min.

Vzdělávací cíl: Seznámit s významnými národními parky v USA

Pomůcky: AV board

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Inovace: využití AV board, projektoru

Datum vytvoření: 27.10.2012