The Great Smokey Mountions By Raylin Alusik Location
The Great Smokey Mountions By Raylin Alusik
Location • Region-Southeast • State-Tennessee • Capital-Nashville • Longitude-86. 2272 North • Latitude-35. 8490 West
Landforms Clingmans Dome • • The Location is in the heart of the park The Height is 6, 642 feet On Appalachian Trail Highest point in the park Mount Guyot • Located in the north of park • 6, 621 feet high • On Appalachian trail Rich Mount • Located in the north of park • 3, 686 feet high
Culture Two Different groups of people called the Great Smokey Mountains home but had opposing ideas. * Cherokee Indians – were the first people of the mountains – Lived 1212 – 800 years – forced to leave the land 1800 Early settlers came into the area in the Told the Cherokee to walk to Oklahoma
Waterways • • • Rainbow Falls-Located in the North of the National Park. 80 feet high Laurel Falls-Also located in the north of the park. 80 feet high Abraham Falls-Located in the north of the park. 20 feet high
Rocks and Minerals • Most of the rocks in the great smoky mountains National park are sedimentary and were by accumulations of clay , silt, sand, gravel and minor amounts of calcium carbide in flat-lying layers. • Gold-most rocks in the great smoky mount ions are sedimentary • Clay-They where formed out of clay, self, sand, gravel and minor amounts of calcium and carbonate. • Copper- the oldest rocks are 800 -545 years old.
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