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- include the area now managed as Rocky Mountain National Park. Economic development ... *Rocky Mountain National Park *Yellowstone National Park ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- The Korean National Parks, like the National Treasures, provide a ... The national park system in Korea celebrated its fortieth anniversary ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- Acadia National Park is an U.S. federal parkland including mountains ... Acadia National Park is the only national park in New England and ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a U.S. National Park ... On the western edge of the Rocky Mountains in the state of Colorado ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 18:04, 31 October 2023
- Seoraksan (Mt. Seorak) is the third highest mountain in South Korea ... Seoraksan means Snow Rock Mountain, and the mountain has also been ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 23:58, 29 May 2023
- National Park (then known as Rocky Mountain National Park) became its first ... | Rocky Mountain National Park | Colorado |- | Saguaro National Park ...17 KB (2,403 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Jirisan (지리산, 智異山) is a mountain in the southern part ... become wise by staying on Jirisan. The mountain is sometimes called Duryusan ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It is ... The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out for ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful historic national treasure ... Authorized in 1926 and established in 1935, Shenandoah National Park ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- Sumatra, Indonesia, and consists of three national parks; Gunung Leuser National ... , Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP) 13753.50|km² and Bukit Barisan ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 18:18, 2 May 2023
- Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park since 1982 ... settlements and animal grazing in the park. It is open only from June ...14 KB (1,829 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- The Area is comprised of seven contiguous national parks and one protected ... It is made up of seven outstanding national parks as well as the famous ...15 KB (2,192 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Denali National Park and Preserve is located in interior Alaska and ... and refers to the Mount McKinley. The mountain was named after president ...19 KB (2,921 words) - 09:33, 28 January 2024
- Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established ... era public works projects. Since the 1960s, park accommodations have been open ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- Capitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park located ... The park, which lies along the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 22:09, 25 November 2023
- Bitterroot National Forest comprises 1600000|acre|km2 in the northwestern United States. The park straddles the border of west ...13 KB (1,924 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- The City of Rocks is a U.S. National Reserve and state park at the ... The City of Rocks National Reserve lies within the southern end of ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located ... historians disagree, and claim that the mountain was named after the Teton ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:45, 19 September 2021
- temperate rainforests of the Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains ... California, Oregon, and Washington. The Mountain States include Arizona, ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- contiguous watershed, roughly between the Rocky Mountains on the east and ... Nevada, consists of a series of isolated mountain ranges and intervening valleys ...18 KB (2,728 words) - 02:26, 19 December 2022
- that it creates its own weather. The mountain and the surrounding area ... Though located in a state with two mountain ranges, (the Cascades and ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the ... and what is now within the Black Hills National Forest were considered sacred ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- longest. The river rises as a snowfall fed mountain stream ... above sea level in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, in the Rocky ...17 KB (2,584 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- River from its headwaters in Rocky Mountain National Park to its confluence ... Pass Lake, located high in Rocky Mountain National Park, just west of ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- the Belle Fourche River. Devils Tower National Monument is a popular tourist ... declared Devils Tower the first U.S. National Monument on September 24 ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- Glacier National Park is a stunningly beautiful ice-carved terrain ... Glacier National Park borders Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada—the ...38 KB (5,805 words) - 13:33, 16 December 2022
- sea level. The fjords develop best in mountain ranges against which the ... Hebron Fjord, and Bonne Bay in Gros Morne National Park ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Mesa Verde National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park. ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- States, is a narrow and steep fault-block mountain ridge known for its extensive ... efforts involving municipal, state, and national agencies as well as nearly ...33 KB (4,756 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
- Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the western ... is a textbook worth studying and a park worth visiting simply to experience ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- In April 1859, he set out to travel west to the Rocky Mountains. Before ... board, 14 x 20 inches), Thunderstorm in the Rocky Mountains 1859 (Oil on Canvas ...26 KB (3,901 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- natural borders, including the Aravalli Mountain Range to the southeast and ... The geographic isolation of the Thar Desert by mountain ranges and ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- The Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern ... of the 6.1 million acre Adirondack Park. In 1894, an amendment to ...25 KB (3,782 words) - 05:58, 15 June 2023
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located ... proclaimed the Carlsbad Caverns a national monument. Status as a National ...19 KB (2,927 words) - 15:25, 27 November 2023
- Most species live on rocky mountain sides, where there are numerous ... region between the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) and Rocky Mountains. ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 22:49, 28 March 2023
- Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern ... Bryce is at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park ...23 KB (3,572 words) - 16:49, 22 November 2023
- Shoshone National Forest was the first federally protected National ... Three major mountain ranges are partially in the forest: the Absaroka ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- small rodent species that occur among the rocky habitats in the western deserts ... Namib-Naukluft National Park, one of Africa's largest, contains ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
- The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument covers 1.9 million ... The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument spans nearly 1.9 million ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 14:39, 31 December 2022
- is split into two island groups based on national sovereignty. The San Juan ... Part of a submerged mountain chain, the archipelago has more than ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Zion National Park is a United States national park located in the ... A prominent feature in the 229-square-mile (593 square kilometer) ...32 KB (4,872 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of ... The Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The state is ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed ... Denver offers ready access to the Rocky Mountains, only ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- area; yet, isolated by the steep coastal mountain range and rugged coastline ... Big Sur's Cone Peak is the highest coastal mountain in the lower ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- including Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park and Risnjak National ... Range of Washington and Oregon, the Rocky Mountain Range, the Western ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 04:38, 5 November 2022
- contained largely within the Grand Canyon National Park, one of the first national ... visited on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lions and enjoy the scenery. ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 20:27, 13 September 2021
- Their territory extended from the southern Rocky Mountains as far west as ... [[Image:Ute Petroglyphs in Arches National Park.jpg|thumb|400px|right ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 13:48, 3 May 2023
- 240px|A herd of Roosevelt Elk in Redwood National and State Parks, California.]] ... but today are restricted to the mountain ranges west of Lake Baikal ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- The Ozarks (also referred to as Ozarks Mountain Country, the Ozark ... located between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Together, the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 15:41, 30 April 2023
- The Redwood National and State Parks stretch along the northern Pacific ... The park system preserves nearly 45 percent of all Coastal Redwood ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- Most marmots, such as yellow-bellied and hoary marmots, live in rocky ... from Low Latin mures montani "mountain mouse," from Latin ...12 KB (1,722 words) - 16:05, 6 November 2022
- mining, and tourism. Utah is home to five national parks as well as incredible ... slightly more than half the state, the Rocky Mountains, and the Great Basin. ...39 KB (5,757 words) - 13:47, 3 May 2023
- then Gov. Orval Faubus sent the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African ... are divided by the Arkansas River. The mountain ranges are part of the interior ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park lies in Australia's Northern ... The Park is majestic and serene and covers 1,326 square kilometers ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 01:31, 3 May 2023
- just west of Lake Athabasca in Wood Buffalo National Park. ... and striking landforms. Dinosaur Provincial Park, near Drumheller, showcases ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- Indian tribes, and confirmed that the Rocky Mountain chain extended thousands ... At this point, Lewis spotted Mt. Hood, a mountain close to the ocean. On a ...22 KB (3,473 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- on shrubs, lichens, grasses, and other mountain vegetation. They get most ... thumb|250px|A pack llama in the Rocky Mountain National Park]] ...18 KB (2,774 words) - 07:47, 9 March 2023
- of prairie and steppe that lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States ... ranges from an altitude at the base of the Rocky Mountains of 5,000 to 6,000 ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- Earth's surface in often spectacular rocky outcrops and islands. Examples ... metamorphism that occurs during the mountain-building process (orogeny ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 04:10, 29 October 2022
- in California and a few remain in the Rocky Mountains and northern Cascades ... Swedish, Fjellfräs, meaning "fell (mountain) cat," worked its way ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 14:50, 17 April 2023
- western thirds of the state have numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 ... millions of visitors a year to Glacier National Park, the Battle of the ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- Among the scenic areas on the lake are: The Apostle Islands National ... range of plant and animal species living in rocky shoreline communities and ...18 KB (2,634 words) - 23:19, 21 October 2022
- Reserve east of Calgary. A historical park has been constructed as a ... included the eastern area of the Glacier National Park up to the Continental ...26 KB (3,951 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- in the Solar System, especially on rocky planets and moons. ... The most common perception of a volcano is of a conical mountain, ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in northeastern ... in 1980 through the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- he did seem fresh and new, as in Mountain Sunrise, Catskill 1826, ... as Frederick Church, belonged to both the National Academy of Design like Church ...34 KB (5,216 words) - 16:33, 21 February 2022
- can be studied in the Nez Perce Historical Park, which has thirty-eight sites ... Culture, which moved south from the Rocky Mountains and west in Nez ...36 KB (5,544 words) - 23:25, 14 November 2022
- known for its scenery—its jagged, mostly rocky coastline, its low, rolling ... Trail, which extends to Springer Mountain, Georgia, and the southern ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- soils from ancient basalt lava flows. The Rocky Mountain system extends from ... Mount Adams. Mount Rainier, the highest mountain in the state, is covered ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- by the Cordón de Chacabuco, a transverse mountain range of the Andes, whereas ... and Maipo. Cerro El Plomo is the highest mountain visible from the Santiago ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 18:44, 25 January 2024
- settlement in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. in the state; Oregon's evergreen mountain forests, waterfalls, pristine ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- This is the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and the French ... mule deer, elk (wapiti), bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and mountain lions ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- construction of the dam. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places ... overflow its banks when snow from the Rocky Mountains melted and drained ...19 KB (3,049 words) - 13:41, 2 February 2024
- or reddish coat. Also known as puma, mountain lion, or panther, depending ... The cougar prefers habitats with dense underbrush and rocky areas ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- Temperate evergreen forests grow in some coastal and mountain regions ... natural resources. In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as ...33 KB (4,675 words) - 12:40, 18 April 2023
- Cape Breton Island is composed mainly of rocky shores, rolling farmland ... which are an extension of the Appalachian mountain chain. The Highlands comprise ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city. Economic ... The subsequent drop in oil prices and the introduction of the National ...52 KB (7,693 words) - 18:23, 25 November 2023
- yet earned a Medal of Honor and gained a national reputation as a frontiersman. ... located 52 miles (84 km) from Yellowstone National Park's east entrance ...27 KB (4,199 words) - 12:10, 8 May 2023
- summer months. The chinook winds from the Rocky Mountains provide a temporary ... The National Wildlife Federation has found that global warming could ...48 KB (6,855 words) - 04:25, 11 March 2023
- organizing a new territory in the Rocky Mountains, eccentric lobbyist ... 479 miles from north to south. It has 80 mountain ranges, and at 5,000 feet ...41 KB (5,855 words) - 15:35, 12 February 2024
- Masters of the straightman/clown relationship, they achieved national ... on First?" was first performed for a national radio audience the following ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- events, including winning the Northern Rocky Mountain Ski Association ... was taking his clients into Yellowstone National Park to find their prey ...38 KB (5,931 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- of Spain. With 25 percent of the gross national production, Catalonia is ... of habitats, including dryland steppes, rocky coastlines, mountains, and ...38 KB (5,664 words) - 19:12, 29 November 2023
- In national politics, New Mexico has given its electoral votes to ... In the central part of New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains extend into ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- Known for its arid plains, breathtaking mountain vistas, and bountiful, diverse ... districts, the moist Pacific coast and the rocky and frigid Tierra del Fuego ...22 KB (3,265 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- headquarters near the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. Occasionally, ... Thompson, the explorer, had crossed the Rocky Mountains and established ...33 KB (4,861 words) - 19:50, 28 November 2023
- concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains. Kentucky also ... Kentucky has an expansive park system which includes one national ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the northeast corner of Alaska ... managed by the U.S. federal government as national forests, national parks ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- half its land is federally owned, with National parks and nature reserves ... Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- Royale, (which is Michigan's only National Park). The boundary then ... The state is home to one national park: Isle Royale National Park ...46 KB (6,626 words) - 17:13, 9 November 2022
- hills. However, there are many hilly and rocky areas in the province, along ... Shield, including Whiteshell Provincial Park, Atikaki Provincial Park, ...41 KB (6,242 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- state. The peak and northern part of the mountain are located within Massachusetts ... London. Many towns center around a small park, known as a "green." ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- became regionalized and forgotten on the national level. ... Further fueling the national attention of sasquatch were the adventure ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- largest city is Oklahoma City. With small mountain ranges, prairie, and eastern ... The state has four primary mountain ranges: the Ouachita Mountains ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- party system. The unicameral Serbian national assembly, which has 250 ... Belgrade is the most economically developed part of Serbia. The rocky ...32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
- The highest point in Maryland is Hoye Crest on Backbone Mountain, ... which is more sandy and muddy than the rocky soils of New England. ...45 KB (6,596 words) - 08:44, 10 March 2023
- except for a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast. The northernmost point ... It also contains the world's largest National Park. ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- of the gorge by making it the first U.S. National Scenic Area and establishing ... A mountain on the north side of the Columbia River Gorge is thought ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- html Experimental Music] Music Teachers National Association, Chicago, 1957 ... == Black Mountain, 4’33’’ == In 1948, Cage joined the faculty ...40 KB (6,250 words) - 17:00, 5 April 2024
- from this battle rest at Gettysburg National Cemetery, site of Abraham ... state's GSP, that's twice the national average; only Massachusetts ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
