Ulysses S. Grant
Yellowstone National Park is located in the western
United States. It spans 3,472 square miles (8,987 square km). Ninety-six percent of the park is located in the state of Wyoming, another three percent is in Montana, and one percent is in Idaho.
Yellowstone Lake
Obsidian Cliff is an exposed area where lava flow erupted 180 thousand years ago. Obsydian is a volcanic glass.
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River
Wildlife in Yellowstone
• Bear • Bighorn sheep • Bison • Bobcat • Coyotes • Elk • Moose • Mule Deer • Wolves
Coyote Bobcat
Grizzly
Mule Deer
Elk
Moose
BISONS
Subalpine fir
Engelmann spruce
Wyoming paintbrush
Yellow monkeyflower
LAND FORMATIONS
This park features the largest and most spectacular thermal area on earth: over 10,000 geysers, hot springs, mud pots, colorful travertine terraces.
Yellowstone National Park
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National Park Definition
National park is a natural area designed (by the government) to protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and futgepole pine the most common tree in the park • Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir especial in areas that are rich with volcanic soil. • Wyoming paintbrush • Yellow monkeyflower near rivers
Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs
LAND FORMATIONS
Some other wonders of this national park include •lakes, •waterfalls, •petrified trees, •Obsidian Cliff •the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.
Old Faithful is one of the Parks most well known geysers in the park
Mud pots
Hot Springs are pools of hot water, the source of their heat is the magma under the earth’s surface.
Yellowstone National Park was established by the U. S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone is the oldest and best known national park in the United States.