Natural wonders of the USA. Glacier Bay Grand Canyon Sedona Redwood National Park Crater Lake...

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Natural wonders of the USA

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Natural wonders of the USA

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• Glacier Bay

• Grand Canyon

• Sedona

• Redwood National Park

• Crater Lake

• Yellowstone National Park

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Glacier Bay, Alaska

The bay is a large Y shaped fjord. Mountain ranges rise to 15,000 feet. There are 10 tidewater glaciers, coastal beaches and protected coves encompassing this breathtaking wonder.

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Grand Canyon

More than a mile deep, and 277 miles long. The canyon developed in two different direction. It first started from the west, and then from the east. The two then converged forming a canyon rich in color

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Sedona

The city was named after the city’s first postmaster’s wife, Sedona Miller Schnebly.

The type of reddish-orange layering of rock in Sedona, is found only in this vicinity. It has monoliths known as Coffeepot, Snoopy, Cathedral Rock, and Thunder Mountain.

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Redwood National Park

Contains some of the most amazing forests in the world. The trees are the tallest living organisms than anywhere in the world, with trees growing as tall as 350 feet. Some of the redwoods that grow here take 400 years to mature, with some even being as old as 2,000 years.

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Crater Lake, Oregon

• It was created with the collapse of a volcano. • It is nearly 2,000 feet deep, and is the seventh

deepest lake in the world. • was created when Mount Mazama exploded

caving in on itself.

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Yellowstone National Park

Became a national park in 1872. Known for its geothermal fissures, and the world famous Old Faithful, this park was the first of its kind. Yellowstone spans an area of almost 3,500 square miles.

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Lake is centered over Yellowstone Caldera, one of the largest super volcanoes on the continent. The caldera is still an active volcano, and has erupted on many occasions over the last two million years.