Презентація "The USA Natural Wonders"

The USA Natural Wonders

Come and see. Grand Canyon, Arizona. Monument Valley, Arizona and Utah. Death Valley National Park, California Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee. Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Crater Lake, Oregon. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Yosemite National Park, California Niagara Falls State Park, New York. Glacier National Park, Montana … and a lot of others

Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size: 446km long, up to 29km wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep.

Monument Valley. The sandstone buttes of Monument Valley stand like towers in the Four Corners region of the Western U. S.

On its territory a number of movies filmed scene (among them - "Back to the Future 3," "Easy Rider," "Forrest Gump", "Doctor Who", etc.), as well as videos and commercials on "cowboy" theme.

Death Valley National Park: A Land of Extremes

Death Valley is the lowest, driest, hottest place in North America

A place of legend and a place of trial

The Wave This amazing place is located near Arizona and Utah and it’s named The Wave because of the shape of the red rocks. Can you imagine how many years took to this place became like this?? Well this place is made of 190-million-year-old sand dunes that have turned to rock!!

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee. Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, this is America’s most visited national park. 

Mammoth Cave, KYMammoth Cave is the longest cave system from all known in the world. Its total length is 580 km.

Crater Lake, ORCrater Lake National Park is one of the country's crown jewels. No place else on earth combines a deep pure lake, so blue in color; sheer surrounding cliffs, almost 2,000 feet high; a picturesque island and a violent volcanic past.

Wizard Island

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. America's first national park, established in 1872, is home to grizzly bears, elk, bison, wolves, Old Faithful Geyser, Mammoth Hot Springs and Yellowstone Lake.

Yosemite National Park, California One of the first wilderness parks in the United States, is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.

The tallest living things in the world are the coastal redwoods.

Fire Falls

Niagara Falls State Park, New York. America's oldest state park is home to one of the most unique natural wonders. Some 100 feet high on the American side, it is not the tallest waterfall in the world, but its beauty is attributed to a combination of height and large flow of water.

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