Yosemite National Park Project
By Deano Allnutt
Yosemite
Latitude and Longitude: 37.8651 Degrees N, 119.5383 Degrees W
The closest city is Mariposa: 6 miles
John Muir helped created Yosemite national park in october 1890
Never leave your bag unattended. if you feed the wildlife in Yosemite and they check you you will have to pay a fine up to 5,000 dollars
Why are parks so important? They are important to protect the landscape extraordinary wildlife and majestic forests.
Extraordinary means very unusual or remarkable
tow endangered species is the bighorn sheep, the California wolverine, and the red fox
Map of the Boundary of yosemite
Half Dome
Yosemite is right on the North American Plate and is pushing on the Pacific Plate, as they pushed it pushed the pacific plate in a hot mantle and melted which created Half Dome
a geologist say what happened to the other half of the dome was called exfoliation.
exfoliation is separation of successive thin shells or spalls from massive rock such as granite or basalt; it is common in regions that have moderate rainfall. you can climb on half dome.
Half Dome is made of Glacially-polished granite
There is Layered metamorphic rocks in the foothills at the west edge of the park
Some people jack around on the Half Dome ropes which they may or could or have fall/fallen off the rope and died
Minerals in Yosemite
Climate of Yosemite
the two months that rain a lot is January and February the two best days that dont rain often is July and August
Here is the site i got the picture from https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/weather.htm
Weathering/Erosion in Yosemite
During winter when the snow melts that when the Merced River floods- got this info from a youtube Description
Timeline of Yosmite
25 million years ago- this lowland area began to be uplifted and tilted toward the southwest, a construction that would eventually lead to the present sierra Nevada
About 10 million years ago-the faster flowing streams cut deeper and deeper canyons into the mountain block
2-3 million years ago- the sierra Nevada had risen high enough for glaciers and mountain ice field to form
Yosemite Visitors
got the picture here: http://www.statista.com/statistics/254232/number-of-visitors-to-the-yosemite-national-park-in-the-us/
Emailed Yosemite
Issues/Threats/Challenges
Threats is the park can be affected my Climate change, Invasive Species, Soundscape, Dark Night Sky, scenic Vistas, Fire
Fun Facts
tens of thousands of mountain climbers come each year to climb at Yosemite
Sequoia trees are the largest trees in the world
Ribbon Falls in Yosemite is 9 times larger than Niagara Falls
El Capitan is the largest granite block in the world
Source citations
Yosemite: Directions, National park service, accessed on may 12, https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/directions.htm
Yosemite: Lat-Long.com, accessed on may 12, http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-255923-California-Yosemite_National_Park.html
Exfoliation: Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed on 12, http://www.britannica.com/science/exfoliation
Yosemite: National park service, accessed on may 12, https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/halfdome.htm
Yosemite: Gateway towns to Yosemite, accessed on may 12, http://www.myyosemitepark.com/places/gateway-towns/
National Parks: Park Protection, accessed on may 18, http://www.npansw.org.au/index.php/campaigns/park-protection/why-are-national-parks-important
Scienceviews: Yosemite National Park Rocks, accessed on may 18, http://scienceviews.com/parks/yrocks.html
Yosemite: National Park service, accessed on may 18, https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/geology.htm
Yosemite: National Park service, accessed on may 19, https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/threatened-mammals.htm
Yosemite: National Park Service, accessed on may 19, https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/environmentalfactors.htm
Yosemite: Fun Facts, accessed on may 19,http://castle.eiu.edu/~wow/classes/fa09/Yosemite/Yos_facts.html