Located in the central California, Yosemite National Park protects giant redwoods (Sequoia) and wild forests from the High Sierra Nevada area. The park has a surface of 304,380 ha and a remarkable landscape. With the millions of years that have passed, erosion removed the layers representing a former sea bed. Slowly but surely, currents, rivers and glaciers carved the granites found under the sediments,
resulting in the modern spectacular relief.
35 million people visit the park annually. The initial inhabitants of the area were the Ahwahneechee Indians. The first white settlers in the area were the trappers looking for furs. Later, miners, enterprisers, artists, photographs and writers visited the park. Hotels and shelters multiplied. The first efforts aimed at protecting Yosemite started in 1864.
Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America (and the sixth in the world), located on the Yosemite Creek. It is 2,425 ft (739-m) tall and, during years of little snow, the fall may actually cease flowing altogether in late summer or fall. The largest debit is reached during late spring, when the waterfall is fueled by the melting snow.
Another famous waterfall of the park is Nevada on the Merced Creek, which is 179 m (596 ft) tall. The park is also famous for its lakes, torrents, and pools. The highest water debit in the park is registered in April and May.
The highest mountain in the Yosemite Park is Mount Lyell (3,997 m or 13,363 ft tall). A genuine symbol of Yosemite is Mount Half Dome (1,444 m or 4,813 ft tall), whose 600 m (2,000 ft) tall cliff is very popular amongst mountaineers. The mountain was once called the Tis-sa-ack ("stone-made angry woman") by the Ahwahneechee.
Yosemite also has many elements of endemic flora and fauna. In 2007, the most recent discovered orchid species was found in Yosemite: the Yosemite bog-orchid (Platanthera yosemitensis). This species spreads a foul scent that seems to attract pollinating beetles. The plant, which is the only known orchid species endemic to California's Sierra Nevada range, grows in spring-fed areas situated between 6,000 and 9,000 feet (2,000-3,000 m). The bog-orchid is thought to have persisted in the upland meadows south of Yosemite Valley, which nourished unique plant species because the area never froze under glacial cover.
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