Yellow Stone Park
Let's take a look at Yellow Stone Park's physical geography.
Let's take a look at Yellow Stone Park's physical geography.
5 Themes of Geography
Movement-geisers? Old Faithful-Erupting at regular intervals for as long as records have existed, these boiling eruptions reach more than 130ft on average and tend to last several minutes.
Region-Most of the park is in Wyoming, Southeastern edge is in Idaho, and northwestern edge is in Montana
Human-Environment Interaction-Many tourists come to Yellowstone to walk the beautiful hiking trails and camp overnight.
Location- 44.429764, -110.584663.
Place-human/physical characteristics of the location-human=surrounded by small towns, often filled with tourists from all around the world. Physical-"Most of the park consists of broad volcanic plateaus with an average elevation of about 7,875 feet (2,400 metres). Three mountain ranges, each aligned roughly north to south, protrude into the park: the Gallatin Range in the northwest, the Absaroka Range in the east, and the northern extremity of the Teton Range along the park’s southwestern boundary. The tallest mountains in the park are in the Absarokas, where many summits exceed elevations of 10,000 feet (3,050 meters). The range’s Eagle Peak, on the park’s boundary in the southeast, is the high point, reaching 11,358 feet (3,462 meters). Aside from its rugged mountains and spectacular deep glacier-carved valleys, the park has unusual geologic features, including fossil forests, eroded basaltic lava flows, a black obsidian (volcanic glass) mountain, and odd erosional forms."( https://www.britannica.com/place/Yellowstone-National-Park/Physical-features )
earth sun relationship- https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/cycles-and-processes.htm - It is no surprise that Yellowstone park is home to a massive population of animals. The park's animals have adapted to the harsh winters by migrating around the park, grazing in the spring at lower-elevation winter ranges, and migrating higher in elevation, following the young and nutritious growth. They then return to the winter range in late autumn to the lower quality growth, damaged by the heavy snow.
wind - because Yellowstone park is such a mountainous region, it often sees relatively strong winds
elevation - https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/yell/hague/sec1.htm#:~:text=It%20stands%20out%20boldly%2C%20is,elevation%20of%20about%208%2C000%20feet. - The central portion of the Yellowstone Park is essentially a broad, elevated, volcanic plateau, between 7,000 and 8,500 feet above sea level, and with an average elevation of about 8,000 feet. Surrounding it on the south, east, north, and northwest are mountain ranges with culminating peaks and ridges rising from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the general level of the enclosed table-land.
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nearness to water - https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/water.htm - Yellowstone park is home to an array of different lakes, rivers, creeks, and more. These bodies of water are extremely important to the well-being of the ecosystems. For example, the " lakes maintain freshwater biodiversity, support elaborate food webs, and underpin plant and animal communities".
clouds -ask for help
vegetation - https://www.britannica.com/place/Yellowstone-National-Park/Plant-and-animal-life - Cottonwoods and willows grow along streams, and stands of aspens occur in many sections. Hundreds of types of wildflowers thrive in a variety of habitats. The earliest blossom in April and the latest in September. Common species include phlox, lupines, cinquefoils, larkspurs, and Indian paintbrushes.
need - physical, globe, and 2 thematic maps
Part 3-geosphere
Yellowstone Park has a unique topographical structure and is complete as a geological problem. The base of Yellowstone is a broad, elevated volcanic plateau between 7,000 and 8,500 feet above sea level, around 8,000 on average. Around it, south, east, north, and northwest are mountain ranges with peaks and ridges going from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above the level of the "inclosed table-land". Notably, the overall tallest landform in Yellowstone is Eagle Peak, at a staggering 11,350 feet, located 6 miles east of the southeast arm of Yellowstone lake.
Yellowstone Park is home to the bulk of a super volcano that goes over to northwestern Wyoming. Geologic evidence has suggested that Yellowstone has produced three colossal eruptions within the past 2.1 million years, with gaps being about 600,000 to 800,000 years. Currently, it has been 640,000 years since the last eruption, along with 1,000 to 3,000 earthquakes a year. These earthquakes give valuable insight into how fast the magma chamber beneath the park is filling up. Since 1923, the ground rose about 25 centimeters up until between 2004 and 2009, however, in 2010 the ground began to subside. Each of the previous eruptions led to massive destruction. They spewed enormous amounts of volcanic ash, gas, and magma, that covered most of the continental U.S., as far as Louisiana. After each eruption, the volcano would collapse on itself, sucking everything in the surrounding landscape, from trees to mountains; the Yellowstone caldera.
Rocks, minerals - link to website, has interactive graphs and charts relating to contents - https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/geology/publications/bul/1347/sec2.htm
The soil is very rich in Yellowstone, with 10 to 20 percent having lay content by field estimate, and 40 to 80 percent rock fragments in the particle size control section.
Land use development- ( https://www.nps.gov/im/gryn/land-use.htm )
Areas adjacent to Bighorn Canyon Recreation Area are managed by the Bureau of Land Management or the Crow Tribe. Most of the land around Grand Teton and Yellowstone is managed and protected by the U.S. Forest Service. The rest of the private lands at lower elevations are used for agriculture, transportation, residential and commercial development, recreation, resource extraction, and sometimes conservation.