Yellowstone National Park is located on the lava plateau between Idaho, Montana and Wyoming in the western United States, and most of it is located in the northwest of Wyoming. The highest point is 2438 meters above sea level and covers an area of 8956 square kilometers. It was founded in 1872, and the US Congress passed a bill to establish Yellowstone National Park Nature and Wildlife Reserve. The name of the park comes from the Indian word "mitsia-ad-zi", which itself means Huangshihe.
More than 65,438+0,000 years ago, Yellowstone National Park was once a hunting area for Indians. In 65,438+0807, with the exploration of Lewis and Clark and the exploration of John Curt, the first white man to enter Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone National Park was presented to the world. When Kurt described to his friends the geothermal wonders he saw in Yellowstone, no one believed him. He was nicknamed "Kurt Hell" and later people used it to call Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park is a charming place. Over the past 60 million years, there have been many volcanic eruptions in Huangshi area, forming a lava plateau with an altitude of more than 2,000 meters. Together with three glacial movements, valleys, waterfalls, lakes and groups of hot springs and fountains were left behind. Nature's water, fire, ice and wind are exquisitely carved here, with rugged peaks in the east, west, north and south, valleys between mountains, rugged roads and rugged rocks; Rivers, lakes, streams, springs, ponds and waterfalls are all available. Some of them pour down from the clouds, some rush out from the valleys, and some emerge from the ground. Yellowstone National Park is also a paradise for animals, and all kinds of wild animals gather. It is the largest wildlife sanctuary in the United States.
Hot springs and geysers are the most distinctive scenery in Huangshi National Park. There are more than 3,000 hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, and quite a few of them have water temperatures exceeding boiling water. These springs gather in low-lying places on the surface of the earth, collecting water into pools. Because different springs contain different minerals and algae, these pools show different colors in the sun, which is very attractive. Mammoth hot spring is the most spectacular hot spring, which looks like an ice sculpture from a distance and a round jade step from a close look. Spring water seeps from the rock stratum and flows step by step along the five steps, accumulating gold and jade, crystal clear. There are reddish-brown, blue-green stripes on the steps, and the four corners of the steps are washed into lotus petals by spring water. These hot springs make Yellowstone National Park look like jewels. In the valley between yellowstone river and Canyon Village, you can also see mud volcanoes, which are called mud springs or bogs. Mud volcano spews mud, and the mud in the pool is colorful, which is really a spectacle. It is called "the most wonderful and spectacular beauty on the earth's surface" and "beyond the limit that human art can reach".
Geysers are another beautiful scenery of Huangshi National Park, with more than 300 places and the jet height exceeding160m. The "Lion Fountain" is composed of four fountains, and the water column emits a sound similar to the roar of a lion before it is ejected, and then shoots into the air. The "sapphire fountain" is blue; The most famous "Old Faithful Spring" is named after its regular water spraying. From the discovery to the present 100 years, it erupted every 33 ~ 93 minutes, each eruption lasted for four or five minutes, and the water column was as high as 40 meters without interruption. In addition, the imperial fountain, the giant fountain, the fortress fountain, the lone star fountain and so on are also very interesting.
The waterfalls in Huangshi National Park are also very spectacular, such as Gaota Waterfall, Huodong Waterfall, Rainbow Waterfall, Fairy Waterfall, Crystal Waterfall and Upper and Lower Waterfalls, all of which are very famous waterfalls. Among them, the upper and lower waterfalls in Canyon Village are the most famous. The upper waterfall is 33 meters high, and the lower waterfall is more than twice as high as Niagara Falls on the US-Canada border, reaching 94 meters.
The famous yellowstone lake in Yellowstone National Park is the largest lake in Yellowstone National Park and the largest alpine lake in the United States. It is 32 kilometers long, 265438 0.5 kilometers wide and 65438 0.80 kilometers in shore circumference. The average depth of this lake is 24 meters, and the deepest part is over 100 meters. By the lake, the blue lake water is crystal clear, and it is naturally pure and touching. Beautiful white swans and many birds, either perching or cruising, are very uncomfortable. Like water in the mirror, it reflects the snow-capped peaks and deep forests around, and it is difficult to distinguish between reality and reality.
There are many canyons in Yellowstone National Park, especially Yellowstone Canyon. This valley is 40000 meters long, 400 meters deep and 500 meters wide. It is one of the most famous canyons in North America, just like the Grand Canyon of Colorado. The rocks on the two walls of the canyon are orange-yellow, with four colors of red, green, purple and white, which are colorful and spectacular. The cliff made of obsidian is embedded in the air like a glass wall. When the "glass cliff" is illuminated by sunlight, it will shine brilliantly. Hundreds of millions of years of forests-"petrified forest" wonders can also be seen in the canyon.
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