Yellowstone National Park is an American national park in the western United States, mostly in Wyoming's northwest corner but also in Montana and Idaho. It was founded by the United States of America. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law. Yellowstone was the United States' first national park, and it is usually believed to be the world's first national park. The park is noted for its animals and numerous geothermal phenomena, including the Old Faithful geyser, which is one of the most well-known. Although it has a variety of biomes, the subalpine forest is the most common. The South Central Rockies forests ecoregion includes it.

While Native Americans have resided in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years, organized exploration did not begin until the late 1860s, except from visits by mountain men in the early to mid-19th century. The park was initially under the management and administration of the United States Department of the Interior, with Columbus Delano serving as the first Secretary of the Interior to oversee the park. The United States, on the other hand, Between 1886 and 1916, the Army was tasked with overseeing the management of Yellowstone for a 30-year period. The park's administration was passed to the National Park Service, which had been established the year before. Hundreds of structures have been created and are protected for their architectural and historical significance, and more than a thousand archaeological sites have been explored by researchers.

Yellowstone National Park covers 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 square kilometers), with lakes, canyons, rivers, and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of North America's greatest high-elevation lakes, centered on the Yellowstone Caldera, the continent's largest super volcano. A dormant volcano, the caldera is considered. Several times in the last two million years, it has erupted with great fury. Yellowstone is home to more than half of the world's geysers and hydrothermal features, which are driven by continuing volcanism. The majority of Yellowstone's land area is covered with lava flows and volcanic boulders. The park is the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which is the world's largest and most intact ecosystem in the northern temperate zone. Yellowstone was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.

Hundreds of mammalian, bird, fish, reptile, and amphibian species have been identified, including several that are threatened or endangered. Unique plant species can be found in the vast woodlands and meadows. Yellowstone Park is the contiguous United States' largest and most famous megafauna location. This park is home to grizzly bears, wolves, and free-ranging bison and elk herds. The Yellowstone Park bison herd is the country's oldest and largest public bison herd. Every year, forest fires rage in the park; in the 1988 big forest fires, over a third of the park was destroyed. Hiking, camping, boating, fishing, and sightseeing are just a few of the activities available at Yellowstone.

Banff National Park was founded in 1885 and is Canada's oldest national park. Banff is a hilly area in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometers (68–112 miles) west of Calgary, featuring many glaciers and ice fields, deep coniferous forest, and alpine panoramas. From Lake Louise, the Icefields Parkway connects to Jasper National Park in the north. To the west, there are provincial forests and Yoho National Park, while to the south, there is Kootenay National Park and to the southeast, there is Kananaskis Country. The park's primary economic center is Banff, located in the Bow River valley.

The Canadian Pacific Railway was essential in the early years of Banff's development, helping to establish the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, as well as recruiting tourists through extensive advertising. Roads were created in Banff in the early twentieth century, sometimes by World Military I war internees and sometimes through Great Depression-era public works projects. The park has been open all year since the 1960s, with annual tourism visitors to Banff reaching over 5 million in the 1990s. On the Trans-Canada Highway, millions more pass through the park. Because Banff has over three million people each year, the ecology is in jeopardy. Parks Canada responded in the mid-1990s by launching a two-year study that resulted in management suggestions and new policies aimed at preserving ecological integrity.

The climate of Banff National Park is subarctic, with three ecoregions: montane, subalpine, and alpine. Below the treeline, the forests are dominated by Lodgepole pine at lower elevations and Engelmann spruce at higher elevations, with rocks and ice dominating above. Grizzly bears, cougars, wolverines, elk, bighorn sheep, and moose, as well as hundreds of bird species, can be found. Reptiles and amphibians can also be found, but just a few species have been identified. Between 80 and 55 million years ago, sedimentary sediments were pushed east over newer geological strata, forming the mountains. Glaciers have covered most of the park over the last several million years, but they are now only found on the mountain slopes, but they do include the Columbia Icefield, the biggest unbroken glacial mass in the Rockies. The mountains have been sculpted into their current shapes by erosion from water and ice.

Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park in the United States that is located in southern Utah. The park's most famous feature is Bryce Canyon, which, despite its name, is a cluster of massive natural amphitheaters on the Paunsaugunt Plateau's eastern side. Bryce Canyon is known for its hoodoos, which are geological features formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The colors of the rocks, which are red, orange, and white, give excellent views for park visitors.

Bryce Canyon National Park is substantially smaller than nearby Zion National Park and situated at a much higher elevation. The rim of Bryce Canyon ranges in elevation from 8,000 to 9,000 feet.Bryce Canyon was named after Ebenezer Bryce, a Mormon pioneer who homesteaded in the area in 1874. President Warren G. Harding established the land surrounding Bryce Canyon as a national monument in 1923, and Congress later renamed it a national park in 1928. Bryce Canyon National Park encompasses 35,835 acres (55.992 square miles; 14,502 ha; 145.02 km2) and receives far fewer tourists than Zion National Park (almost 4.3 million in 2016) or Grand Canyon National Park (nearly 6 million in 2016), owing to its isolated position. In 2018, 2,679,478 recreational people visited Bryce Canyon, up 107,794 from the previous year.

The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, houses the Colorado General Assembly as well as the offices of Colorado's Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

The structure is designed to look like the United States Capitol. It was designed by Elijah E. Myers and built in the 1890s from Colorado white granite, and it first opened to the public in November 1894. The gold dome, which was first installed in 1908 to commemorate the Colorado Gold Rush, is made of actual gold leaf. The structure is located in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver. In 1974, it was included in the Civic Center Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 2012, it was added to the Denver Civic Center National Historic Landmark District.

The Colorado State Historical Fund supported a substantial safety upgrade project that began in 2001 and ended in 2009. Fentress Architects integrated new safety features that mix in with the old building, such as enclosed stair towers. Many architectural tours in Denver include the Colorado Capitol Building.

Death Valley is a desert valley in eastern California, bordering the Great Basin Desert, in the northern Mojave Desert. It, along with deserts in the Middle East and the Sahara, is one of the hottest regions on Earth during the summer.

Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest place in North America, at 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet, lies 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of it (4,421 m). The United States Weather Bureau recorded a high temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius) at Furnace Creek in Death Valley on July 10, 1913, which is the highest ambient air temperature ever recorded on the surface of the Earth. Some modern specialists, however, reject this reading, as well as numerous others obtained around that same period a century ago.

Death Valley is mostly in Inyo County, California, near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and is the main feature of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve. It is mostly in Inyo County, California, near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It extends north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west, with the Grapevine Mountains on the north and the Owlshead Mountains on the south. It covers roughly 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2). Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, is the highest peak in Death Valley National Park, with an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m).

Beginning today, you can use Google Street View to explore Disney Parks like never before, right from your phone or computer. We've now introduced a series of 360-degree views of Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort destinations to help you plan your next journey.

Our theme parks, water parks, and various places in Downtown Disney and Disney Springs are all included in the new Disney Parks images on Google Street View.

Some of your favorite Disney characters may appear as you explore our Disney parks and attractions. At Disneyland, we found Goofy — can you find Donald or Pluto?

Here’s a list of the locations that the Trekker’s captured with links you can use to start planning your next Disney vacation:

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Everglades National Park is a national park in Florida that protects the southern two-thirds of the original Everglades. The park contains the United States' largest tropical wilderness and the largest wilderness of any kind east of the Mississippi River. Every year, around one million people visit the park. After Death Valley and Yellowstone, Everglades is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States. The Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve was established by UNESCO in 1976, and the park was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1979. In 1987, the park was added to the Ramsar Convention's list of Wetlands of International Importance. Only three places on the planet feature on all three lists, and Everglades is one of them.

The majority of national parks safeguard unique geographical characteristics, but Everglades National Park was the first to be established to conserve a fragile ecology. The Everglades are a network of wetlands and woodlands fed by a river that flows southwest from Lake Okeechobee and into Florida Bay at a rate of 0.25 miles (0.40 km) per day. The park features the largest mangrove habitat in the Western Hemisphere and is the most important nesting ground for tropical wading birds in North America. The park is home to 36 threatened or endangered species, including the Florida panther, American crocodile, and West Indian manatee, as well as 350 bird species, 300 freshwater and saltwater fish, 40 mammalian species, and 50 reptile species. The park recharges the bulk of South Florida's fresh water, which is stored in the Biscayne Aquifer.

Humans have lived in or around the Everglades for thousands of years. Plans to drain the marshes and develop the land for agricultural and residential purposes arose in 1882. Water flow from Lake Okeechobee was more managed and diverted as the twentieth century proceeded, allowing for the exponential growth of the South Florida urban area. The park was founded in 1934 to safeguard the rapidly dwindling Everglades and dedicated in 1947, just as significant canal-building projects across South Florida were getting underway. Human activity has had a tremendous impact on the ecosystems of Everglades National Park, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically contentious topic in South Florida.

The Forbidden City is a palace complex located in Beijing's Dongcheng District, in the Imperial City of Beijing. The 22-hectare (54-acre) Zhongshan Park, the sacrificial Imperial Ancestral Temple, the 69-hectare (171-acre) Beihai Park, and the 23-hectare (57-acre) Jingshan Park are among the many sumptuous imperial gardens and temples that surround it.

From the Ming dynasty (from the Yongle Emperor) through the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924, the Forbidden City served as the old Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China. For over 500 years, the Forbidden City was the home of Chinese emperors and their families, as well as the ceremonial and political core of the Chinese government. The Palace Museum has been in charge of the Forbidden City since 1925, and its large collection of artwork and artifacts was built on the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 1987, the Forbidden City was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Gateway Arch is a 190-meter (623-foot) monument in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the world's tallest arch and Missouri's tallest accessible building, clad in stainless steel and designed in the shape of a weighted catenary arch. According to some reports, it is the Western Hemisphere's tallest man-made monument. The Arch, also known as The Gateway to the West is the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis as well as a popular tourist destination. It was built as a monument to the United States' westward expansion and officially dedicated to the American people.

Eero Saarinen, a Finnish-American architect, designed the Arch in 1947, and building began on February 12, 1963, and ended on October 28, 1965, at a cost of $13 million (equal to $82.1 million in 2018). On June 10, 1967, the monument was officially opened to the public. It is situated on the west side of the Mississippi River, where St. Louis was founded.

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon in Arizona, created by the Colorado River. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 kilometers) long, up to 18 miles (29 kilometers) broad, and over a mile deep (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).

Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai Indian Reservation, and the Navajo Nation are all home to the canyon and its rim. President Theodore Roosevelt was a strong supporter of the Grand Canyon's preservation and visited the area on several occasions to hunt and enjoy the grandeur.

The Colorado River and its tributaries carved their channels through layer after layer of rock as the Colorado Plateau was raised, exposing over two billion years of Earth's geological history. While geologists disagree on some parts of the canyon's history, several recent studies support the theory that the Colorado River first carved its path through the area about 5 to 6 million years ago. Since then, the Colorado River has caused down-cutting of tributaries and cliff retreat, deepening and enlarging the canyon at the same time.

Native Americans have lived in the area for thousands of years, building settlements within the canyon and its numerous caves.The Grand Canyon was regarded a sacred spot by the Pueblo people, who made pilgrimages there. Garca López de Cárdenas, a Spaniard who arrived in 1540, is the first European known to have seen the Grand Canyon.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a national park in the United States that is located on the island of Hawaii. Klauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa, the world's most enormous shield volcano, are both part of the park. Scientists can learn about the evolution of the Hawaiian Islands and conduct volcanism research at the park. The park provides tourists stunning volcanic landscapes, uncommon flora and animals, and a glimpse into traditional Hawaiian culture tied to these environments. The park was once formed as Hawaii National Park on August 1, 1916, and was later split into this park and Haleakal National Park. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park was declared as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980 and a World Heritage Site in 1987 in recognition of its outstanding natural assets. The park was featured on the 14th quarter of the America the Beautiful Quarters series, released in 2012.

Due to explosions and poisonous ash clouds from Halemaumau, as well as earthquakes and road damage, the park at the Klauea volcano summit area, including the visitor center and park headquarters, was closed to the public on May 11, 2018. On September 22, 2018, portions of the park, including the visitor center, reopened to the public. Most of the park is open to tourists as of 2020; however, several road segments and trails, as well as the Jaggar Museum of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, are still closed.

The park's eruptive activity, earth collapses, and explosions ended in early August 2018, and the calm in eruptive activity at Klauea lasted until an eruption at the Halemaumau crater on December 20, 2020.

Hot Springs National Park is an American national park located in central Garland County, Arkansas, near the county seat of Hot Springs. On April 20, 1832, an act of the United States Congress established the Hot Springs Reservation to be conserved for future leisure. It was the first time that property had been set aside by the federal government to maintain its usage as a recreational area, and it was established before the notion of a national park existed. For generations, people have believed that the hot spring water has medical capabilities, and it was a source of folklore among various Native American tribes. The city grew into a prosperous spa resort after receiving federal protection in 1832. The city was founded on January 10, 1851, and in the early twentieth century, it was known for Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gambling, speakeasies during the Prohibition era, and gangsters like Al Capone, horse racing at Oaklawn Park, the Army and Navy Hospital, and 42nd President Bill Clinton. On March 4, 1921, the region was designated as a national park. Hot Springs was the smallest national park in the United States by area until the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial was renamed Gateway Arch National Park in 2018. Hot Springs National Park was the first to receive its own US quarter in April 2010, as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters coin series, because it is the oldest park managed by the National Park Service.

The hot springs run from Hot Springs Mountain, which is part of the Ouachita Mountain range. The hot springs in the park have not been kept in their native state as a natural surface phenomenon. They were controlled in such a way that the output of uncontaminated hot water for public usage was conserved. To conserve the hydrological system that feeds the springs, the park's mountains are likewise managed according to this conservation philosophy.

It is one of the most accessible national parks because it encompasses parts of downtown Hot Springs. Hiking trails and camping places abound. Spring water bathing is provided at an additional cost in licensed establishments. Bathhouse Row is a National Historic Landmark District that houses North America's largest collection of bathhouses, including several excellent examples of Gilded Age architecture. The park's visitor center is located at the Fordyce Bathhouse on the row; the Buckstaff and Quapaw are the only bathhouses still in use in 2015. The row's other structures are undergoing restoration or are being demolished.

Niagara Falls is a series of three waterfalls located at the southern end of the Niagara Gorge, crossing the border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York. Horseshoe Falls, commonly known as the Canadian Falls, is the largest of the three and borders the international border between the two countries. Within the United States are the lesser American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. Goat Island separates Bridal Veil Falls from Horseshoe Falls, while Luna Island separates American Falls from American Falls, both of which are located in New York.

The combined falls, which are formed by the Niagara River, which flows from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America with a vertical drop of more than 50 meters (160 ft). Every minute, more than 168,000 m3 (5.9 million cu ft) of water flows over the crest of the falls during peak tourist hours. In terms of flow rate, Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America. Niagara Falls is a popular tourist destination as well as a vital source of hydroelectric power. Since the 19th century, stewards of the falls have struggled to strike a balance between recreational, economic, and industrial uses.

Between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York, Niagara Falls is 27 kilometers (17 miles) north of Buffalo, New York, and 69 kilometers (43 miles) south-southeast of Toronto. Water from the newly formed Great Lakes built a passage over and through the Niagara Escarpment on its way to the Atlantic Ocean when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glacial (the last ice age).

This is the best way to get a sense of the splendor of Parc de la Chute-Montmorency before you visit. The virtual tour allows you to walk around the grounds, explore the trails, ride the cable car, and even go inside the Manoir to see the reception halls.

Phong Nha-K Bàng is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Qung Bnh Province, Vietnam, some 500 kilometers south of Hanoi. The park is bordered to the west by the Hin Namno National Park in Khammouane Province, Laos, and to the east by the South China Sea, which is 42 kilometers away. Phong Nha-K Bàng National Park is located in a 2,000-square-kilometer limestone zone in Vietnamese territory and borders the 2,000-square-kilometer Hin Namno limestone zone in Laos. This national park has a core zone of 857.54 km2 and a buffer zone of 1,954 km2.

The park was established to conserve one of the world's two largest karst zones, with over 300 caverns and grottoes, as well as the limestone forest ecology of the Annamite Range region in Vietnam's North Central Coast.

Phong Nha-K Bàng is known for its cave and grotto systems, which number in the hundreds. According to a 2009 survey, the cave system's overall length has been discovered to be around 126 kilometers, with many places left unexplored. The largest cave in the world, Sn ong Cave, was discovered in 2009 by British and Vietnamese researchers during a survey.Phong Nha already held several global cave records prior to its discovery, including the longest river and the largest combined caverns and corridors.

Phong Nha Cave, which contains several rock formations, and K Bàng woodland are the names of the park. The park's plateau is one of Southeast Asia's most beautiful and distinctive examples of a complex karst landform. In 2003, UNESCO added this national park to the list of World Heritage Sites because of its geological significance, as specified under criteria viii. The world's largest cave was rediscovered in April 2009 by a team of British cave explorers lead by a local farmer named Ho Khanh from the British Caving Association.

Pompeii was an ancient city located near Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in what is now the comune of Pompei. In the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and numerous villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae) were buried by 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 feet) of volcanic ash and pumice.

The unearthed city provided a rare snapshot of Roman life, frozen at the moment it was buried, despite the fact that most of the detailed evidence of its residents' daily lives was lost in the excavations.

It was a prosperous town with many excellent public buildings and luxurious private mansions with lavish decorations, furnishings, and pieces of art that drew the early excavators in. The ash encased organic remains, including wooden objects and human bodies. They deteriorated over time, creating holes that archaeologists discovered could be used as molds to create plaster castings of unique, and often horrifying, people in their dying moments. Graffiti on the walls and within rooms provide a variety of examples of the largely extinct Vulgar Latin spoken colloquially at the time, which contrasts with the formal language of the classical writers. With around 2.5 million tourists every year, Pompeii is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Italy's most popular tourist destinations.

Following a series of huge excavations previous to 1960 that unearthed most of the city but left it in shambles, new major excavations were prohibited and instead restricted to specific, prioritized regions. This resulted in new discoveries in hitherto undiscovered sections of the city in 2018.

The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a network comprising one national park and three state parks in the United States, located along the northern California coast. The united RNSP has 139,000 acres (560 km2) of old-growth temperate rainforests and includes Redwood National Park (formed 1968) and California's State Parks: Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek (dating from the 1920s). The four parks, which are spread over Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, safeguard 45 percent of the surviving coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) old-growth forests, totaling at least 38,982 acres (157.75 km2). These trees are among the tallest, oldest, and most enormous tree species on the planet. The parks also protect other indigenous flora and animals, grassland prairie, cultural elements, parts of rivers and other streams, and 37 miles (60 km) of unspoiled shoreline in addition to the redwood trees.

The California coast was covered with old-growth redwood forest in 1850, covering more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2). The northern part of the area was once home to Native Americans who were driven off their territory by gold prospectors and timber harvesters. The massive redwoods drew lumber harvesters to support the gold rush in California's southern areas, as well as the additional population from growing growth in San Francisco and other West Coast cities. After decades of unfettered clear-cut logging, major conservation measures were launched. The Save the Redwoods League, which was created in 1918 to protect remnant old-growth redwoods, was instrumental in the creation of Prairie Creek, Del Norte Coast, and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Parks, among others, by the 1920s. By the time Redwood National Park was established in 1968, over 90% of the original redwood trees had been cut. Redwood National Park and the three adjacent Redwood State Parks were administratively united in 1994 by the National Park Service (NPS) and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) for the goal of cooperative forest management and watershed stabilization.

The RNSP's environment protects a variety of endangered animal species, including the tidewater goby, Chinook salmon, northern spotted owl, and Steller's sea lion, though the tidewater goby is thought to have been extinct in the park. On September 5, 1980, the United Nations declared the parks as a World Heritage Site, and on June 30, 1983, they became part of the California Coast Ranges International Biosphere Reserve, in honor of the parks' unique ecology and cultural history.

San Francisco, formally the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial capital of California, United States. San Francisco, which is located in Northern California, is the 17th most populated city in the United States and the fourth most populous in the state, with 873,965 residents as of 2020. It is the second most densely populated large U.S. city and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. It covers an area of about 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers), mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county.

San Francisco is the United States' 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area, with 4.7 million persons, and the fourth-largest in terms of economic output, with $592 billion in GDP in 2019. With 9.6 million persons as of 2019, it forms the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Region, which is the seventh most populous combined statistical area in the United States. San Francisco is known by the abbreviations SF, San Fran, The City, and Frisco.

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were built from as early as the 7th century BC, with selective stretches later joined together by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China. Little of the Qin wall remains.

Later on, many successive dynasties built and maintained multiple stretches of border walls. The best-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).Aside from defense, the Great Wall has served additional objectives such as border controls, allowing for the application of tariffs on products transported over the Silk Road, trade regulation or encouragement, and immigration and emigration control. The construction of watchtowers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through smoke or fire, and the fact that the Great Wall's course also acted as a transportation corridor all contributed to the Great Wall's defensive qualities.

Distinct dynasties built different courses of boundary walls. They stretch in total 21,196.18 km (13,170.70 mi) from Liaodong in the east to Lop Lake in the west, from the present-day Sino–Russian border in the north to Tao River (Taohe) in the south, along an arc that roughly delineates the margin of the Mongolian steppe. The Great Wall's protective system is now widely regarded as one of history's most spectacular architectural marvels.

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Yosemite National Park is a national park in California that is bordered on the southeast by the Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by the Stanislaus National Forest. The park, which is managed by the National Park Service, spans 759,620 acres and is located in four counties: Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mono, and Madera. Yosemite National Park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, huge sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and ecological richness. Almost whole of the park has been declared as wilderness.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a national forest park in China's Hunan Province, located in Zhangjiajie. The Wulingyuan Scenic Area includes a number of national parks.

With a total area of 4,810 hectares, the park was named China's first national forest park in 1982. (11,900 acres). Wulingyuan Scenic Area, which covers 397.5 km2 (153.5 sq mi), includes Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Wulingyuan was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1992. It was designated as Zhangjiajie Sandstone Peak Forest National Geopark (3,600 km2 (1,400 sq mi) by the Ministry of Land and Resources in 2001. UNESCO designated Zhangjiajie Geopark as a worldwide geopark in 2004. The pillar-like formations that may be found throughout the park are the park's most noticeable geographic features. Despite its karst-like appearance, this area is not underlain by limestones and is not the result of chemical breakdown, as is the case with limestone karst. They are the product of physical erosion rather than chemical deterioration over many years. The expansion of ice in the winter and the plants that grow on it cause a lot of the weathering that generates these pillars. Because the weather is damp all year, the foliage is incredibly dense. Streams are the primary transporters of weathered material. These formations are a defining feature of the Chinese landscape, and they may be seen in a number of old Chinese artworks.

The 1,080-meter (3,540-foot) Southern Sky Column, one of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, was christened Avatar Hallelujah Mountain in January 2010 in celebration of the film Avatar. The floating boulders were inspired by mountains all around the world, particularly those in Hunan province, according to the film's director and production designers.

Zion National Park is a national park in the United States that is located near the town of Springdale in southern Utah. Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles (24 kilometers) long and up to 2,640 feet (800 meters) deep, is a significant feature of the 229-square-mile (590-square-kilometer) park. The North Fork of the Virgin River eroded the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone that forms the canyon walls. The park's lowest point is Coalpits Wash, at 3,666 feet (1,117 meters), and its highest point is Horse Ranch Mountain, at 8,726 feet (2,660 meters). The park features a unique terrain and a range of living zones that allow for exceptional plant and animal diversity. It is located at the intersection of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions.

The park's four life zones, desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest, are home to numerous plant species, 289 bird species, 75 animals (including 19 bat species), and 32 reptiles. Mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches can all be found in Zion National Park.

Small family groupings of Native Americans, one of them was the semi-nomadic Basketmaker Anasazi, began settling in the area some 8,000 years ago (c. 300 CE). As the Basketmakers established permanent towns, the Virgin Anasazi culture (about 500) and the Parowan Fremont group emerged. By 1300, both groups had left, and the Parrusits and other Southern Paiute subtribes had taken their place. In 1858, Mormons arrived in the area and settled in the early 1860s. To conserve the canyon, President William Howard Taft established the region Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909.Horace Albright, the interim director of the newly formed National Park Service, drafted a proposal in 1918 to increase the existing monument and rename it Zion National Monument, Zion being a Mormon term. .