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.
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