Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Glacial systems reached depths of up to 4000 feet (1200 m) and left their marks in the Yosemite area. The longest glacier in the Yosemite area ran down the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River for 60 miles (95 km), passing well beyond Hetch Hetchy Valley. Merced Glacier flowed out of Yosemite Valley and into the Merced River Gorge.
Articles concerning the geology of Yosemite National Park in the United States. Pages in category "Geology of Yosemite National Park" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Yosemite National Park (/ j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i / yoh-SEM-ih-tee [5]) is a national park of the United States in California. [6] [7] It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest.
Located in Yosemite Valley, the Yosemite Falls is the highest in North America at 2,425-foot (739 m). Also in Yosemite Valley is the much lower volume Ribbon Falls , which has the highest single vertical drop, 1,612 feet (491 m). [ 9 ]
Mount Watkins is located in Yosemite National Park, 2.72 miles (4.37 km) north of Half Dome, and 1.86 miles (3 km) northwest of Clouds Rest. [1] Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Tenaya Creek which is a tributary of the Merced River.
Yosemite Valley is on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) east of San Francisco.It stretches for 7.5 miles (12.1 km) in a roughly east–west direction, with an average width of about 1 mile (1.6 km).
[8] [7] It is exposed at Glacier Point, and is found, on the east end of Yosemite Valley. [9] [2] It is also found on the west side of the pluton and near Tioga Pass on the east side of the Sierra Nevada batholith. [10] It is found, on Kuna Crest. [7] It is also found near May Lake, though till covers it. [11]
Johnson Peak is the highest mountain, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. [2]Johnson Peak is made of eroded granite.At 85 Ma, the Johnson Granite Porphyry is the youngest granite rock in the Yosemite National Park, though the entire peak formed beneath the Earth's crust.