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Yosemite National Park By: Sarah In Ms. Pratt-Gorrill’s Class

Yosemite National Park By: Sarah In Ms. Pratt-Gorrill’s Class

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Page 1: Yosemite National Park By: Sarah In Ms. Pratt-Gorrill’s Class

Yosemite National Park

By: Sarah

In Ms. Pratt-Gorrill’s Class

Page 2: Yosemite National Park By: Sarah In Ms. Pratt-Gorrill’s Class

Yosemite Waterfalls

• Yosemite National Park has 5 of the largest waterfalls in the world.

• Some of the waterfalls are, Yosemite Falls, Sentinel Falls, Snow creek Falls, and Wapama Falls

• The falls are the loudest in the Spring and the Summer.• Yosemite Falls is the 2nd highest falls in the wold.• Yosemite falls drop in 3 parts: the first is the upper falls,

the second is the middle cascade falls, and the last is the lower falls.

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Yosemite National Park Facts

• Yosemite National Park was one of the first National Parks in the Country.

• Yosemite National Park was founded in 1890.

• Yosemite valley has been her for thousands of years.

• Natural fires are aloud to burn in the park.

• The park is located in Sierra Nevada Mountains and runs though North and south of California.

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Big Trees In The Park

• To walk around one of the trees it takes you 50 huge steps

• The giant trees can live up to 2,or 3 thousand years.

• Sequoia bark is very thick. It is also very hard to burn.

• Sequoia bark has an acid that keep off insects and germs.

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