Denali National ParkDenali National Park

By Sima SchafranekBy Sima Schafranek

LocationLocation

• Region-West

• State-Alaska

• Capital-Jenuea

• Longitude-150.5000°West

• Latitude-63.3333°North

LandformsLandforms

• There are many, many, many landforms in Denali National Park.

• Mt. McKinley is 20,320ft. and is the highest point in North America.

• Mt. Foraker is 17,400ft. high.• South Peak is 20,320ft.• North Peak is 19,470ft.high.• The lowest point in Denali is

200ft.high(look at that compared to the highest point.)

CultureCulture

• People did lots of things in Denali National Park for a lot of years.

• Kayvkon Athabaskans(the Native Americans) were the first people to live in the park in 11000bp.

• After the Native Americans, George Vancouver came. He was surveying the Knick Arm of the Cook Inlet.

• There were 406,582 people in Denali in 2011.

• Denali turned into a National Park in 1980.

WaterwaysWaterways

• Waterways plays a big part in Denali National Park.

• The many rivers in Denali are mostly quite shallow moving over permafrost earth seasonally.

• Trout fishing sometimes occurs in Wonder Lake.• The Tanana River ultimately empties into the

Yukon River.• The Nerara River is 150 miles long!!!

Rocks and MineralsRocks and Minerals

• There are many rocks and minerals in Denali National Park.

• In Denali these rock layers with dinosaurs tracks are called the Lower Cantwell Formation.

• Fossils in the same rock layers where the dinosaur fossils are found. They begin to put together a more complete story.

• Sedimentary rocks hardened the sits and muds where dinosaurs pressed their toes and left tracks.