Have you ever looked at a national park or historical place and desired and wished if you knew more about it? There are many national parks that get to be inspired and visited by people all around the world. The Grand Canyon is one of those national parks. How did this canyon form into a huge national park? Where did it establish and what are the basic facts about it? Did anyone ever live there or visit this amazing national park? How was it formed and where did all that rock come from? Many writers
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learn that Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the world. Having said that‚ it’s a very historic and important place and by having such a successful outcome‚ it sparked a start to many other national parks. Yellowstone has been rich with human intervention in the past from many tribes using it as a home and as hunting grounds‚ and now‚ after becoming the first national park in the world‚ Yellowstone is one of the best parks for tourism (“National Park Movement Update”). Although
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Yosemite National Park. John Muir was born in Scotland in 1838 but 11 years later he and his family moved to the United States. He began a job at a factory‚ but after a nearly blinding accident from a machine he decided he was more interested in a “world unaltered by man or machine” (Yosemite National Park). Years later he enrolled at he University of Wisconsin but he wasn’t satisfied enough so he decided
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glacier melted over millions of years Longs Peak is a popular landmark and hiking destination in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Like all mountains in the rocky mountains‚ Longs Peak was formed during the laramide orgeny. Longs Peak is about 9‚500 feet tall and made of metamorphic and igneous rock. Mount Meeker is yet another popular landmark in the Rocky Mountain National Park.Mount Meeker was also was formed during the laramide orgeny. Mount Meeker is about 13‚911 feet tall and made of metamorphic
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Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP)‚ previously Borivali National Park‚[2] is a large protected area in the northern part of suburban Mumbai city in Maharashtra State in India.[3] It encompasses an area of 104 km2 (40 sq mi) and is surrounded on three sides by India’s most populous city.[4] It is notable as one of the major national parks existing within a metropolis limit and is one of the most visited parks in the world[3] The rich flora and fauna of Sanjay Gandhi National Park attracts more than
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Jim Corbett National Park—named after the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—is the oldest national park in India.[2] The park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park. Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand the park acts as a protected area for the critically endangered Bengal tiger of India‚ the secure survival of which is the main objective of Project Tiger‚ an Indian wildlife protection initiative.[2] The park has sub-Himalayan belt
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Gir Forest National Park – Only home of Asiatic Lions Posted on March 10‚ 2011 by Admin Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (also known as Sasan Gir) is a forest and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat‚ India. Founded in 1965‚ whose total area is 1‚412 km (about 258 km fully protected area (National Park) and 1153 km Sanctuary‚ the park is located 65 km south east of Junagadh. Home is the only pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica)‚ and is considered one of the most important protected
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Joshua Tree National Park By Luz N Silva My essay is on the Joshua Tree National Park. I chose to write about this particular park because it is special to my husband. He visited there several times while stationed in Arizona back in the late 90’s. I physically have never been there but feel as if I have‚ due to his descriptive love and appreciation for nature. We both love the outdoors and are always curious to learn and explore things we don’t get to see and enjoy on an everyday basis
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Mesa Verde National Park is a very large park that is located in Montezuma County in Colorado and used to be the home of the Anasazi people many years ago. It is located in the southwestern corner of Colorado (Anderson) and since Mesa Verde is essentially a plateau‚ it got the name Mesa Verde‚ which translates to green table in Spanish (Anderson). This area was populated with juniper trees and and pinons and all of that greenery encouraged the Anasazi people to make their homes on top of the plateau
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Hills. The park has gained much wider recognition in the world when UNESCO included this area on the list of World Heritage Site in 1984. Formerly‚ the Chit wan valley was well known for big game and was exclusively managed as a hunting reserve for the Rana Prime Ministers and their guests until 1950. In 1963‚ the area south of Rapti was demarcated as a rhinoceros sanctuary. In 1970‚ His late Majesty King Mahendra had approved in principle the creation of Chitwan National Park. Chitwan National far is
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