Yellowstone National Park Tour Guide Book: Your Personal Tour Guide for Yellowstone Travel Adventure! [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1442146206 ISBN 13: 9781442146204

Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

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Discover the incredible highlights, history, geology & nature of Yellowstone National Park with this entertaining, educational, point-by-point Waypoint Tour complete with park insider stories, breathtaking photography & detailed tour maps.Your personal tour guide for Yellowstone travel adventure!Waypoints Include:1) Yellowstone2) Madison & Firehole Canyon3) Fountain Paint Pots4) Firehole Lake Drive5) Midway Geyser Basin6) Biscuit & Black Sand Basins7) Old Faithful Inn & Lodge8) Old Faithful Geyser9) Upper Geyser Basin10) West Thumb Geyser Basin11) Lake Hotel & Lodge12) Fishing Bridge13) Yellowstone Lake14) Mud Volcano15) Hayden Valley Wildlife16) Upper Falls17) Lower Falls18) Mount Washburn & Fires19) Tower Fall Area20) Lamar Valley & Wolves21) Roosevelt Lodge Area22) Historic Fort Yellowstone23) Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel24) Mammoth Hot Springs25) Sheepeater Cliff26) Norris Geyser Basin27) Park Ranger Museum28) Chief Joseph

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Yellowstone Welcome to the world's first national park - Yellowstone! The golden rocks, effervescent waters, teeming forests, meadows and streams of Yellowstone have been dually christened by the United Nations as a World Biosphere Reserve and a World Herit-age Site. This is North America's Serengeti, where 1,700 kinds of plants sustain 60 mammal and 311 bird species. Here, 150 lakes and 500 streams give birth to mighty rivers and thrive with 24 species of fish. The generally placid flow of these watercourses is spectacularly interrupted by nearly 300 waterfalls. Like inverted waterfalls, Yellowstone's 300 geysers erupt skyward, flying in the face of the old adage, and arguing instead, that what goes down must also come up! Less flashy, but equally intriguing, are the geysers' cousins: hot springs, fumaroles, mud pots and travertine terraces. These geothermal features are variations on the physics of boiling water, are ten thousand in number, comprise half of the planet's total population of geothermal features, and yet are concentrated in the 2.2 million acre square in the upper left corner of Wyoming's map simply labeled: Yellowstone. Here, tourism became a science. Here, the U.S. Army defeated extinction by protecting the last of the American bison. Here, big government and big business united to preserve something greater than the revenue it generated. Here, preservation became an ethic. Yellowstone is the example touted to help justify the establishment and protection of 3,600 other national parks in 143 different countries. It's an adventurer's dream, meticulously planned. It's the first and last word of the favorite vacation story. It's where many first fall in love: with the outdoors, with geology, with wildlife, with history, and with photography. It's also where you can fall in love with all those same things, for all the same reasons, plus many more. It's the "every-park" for everyone. Welcome to Yellowstone!

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• Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1442146206
• ISBN 13: 9781442146204
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 66