Gir Forest National Park – Only home of Asiatic Lions Posted on March 10‚ 2011 by Admin Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (also known as Sasan Gir) is a forest and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat‚ India. Founded in 1965‚ whose total area is 1‚412 km (about 258 km fully protected area (National Park) and 1153 km Sanctuary‚ the park is located 65 km south east of Junagadh. Home is the only pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica)‚ and is considered one of the most important protected
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Joshua Tree National Park By Luz N Silva My essay is on the Joshua Tree National Park. I chose to write about this particular park because it is special to my husband. He visited there several times while stationed in Arizona back in the late 90’s. I physically have never been there but feel as if I have‚ due to his descriptive love and appreciation for nature. We both love the outdoors and are always curious to learn and explore things we don’t get to see and enjoy on an everyday basis
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Mesa Verde National Park is a very large park that is located in Montezuma County in Colorado and used to be the home of the Anasazi people many years ago. It is located in the southwestern corner of Colorado (Anderson) and since Mesa Verde is essentially a plateau‚ it got the name Mesa Verde‚ which translates to green table in Spanish (Anderson). This area was populated with juniper trees and and pinons and all of that greenery encouraged the Anasazi people to make their homes on top of the plateau
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Hills. The park has gained much wider recognition in the world when UNESCO included this area on the list of World Heritage Site in 1984. Formerly‚ the Chit wan valley was well known for big game and was exclusively managed as a hunting reserve for the Rana Prime Ministers and their guests until 1950. In 1963‚ the area south of Rapti was demarcated as a rhinoceros sanctuary. In 1970‚ His late Majesty King Mahendra had approved in principle the creation of Chitwan National Park. Chitwan National far is
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Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is consist of ridge upon ridge of seemingly endless forest on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established on June 15‚ 1934. Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522‚427 acres‚ making it one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States. It is the most visited national park in the United States
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Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park‚ a large national park in the western slopes of Sierra Nevada mountain range‚ is not just a great valley‚ but a shrine to human foresight. It owns amazing beauty of glaciers‚ mountain ranges‚ sequoia trees‚ and the granite. Yosemite is located in the west coast of the United States and in the east of California near Sierra Nevada. West of the park are the major cities of San Francisco and Sacramento‚ California. Southeast of the park is Las Vegas‚ Nevada
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Have you visited a national park? Do you ever walk around and enjoy nature? You can thank a man named John Muir. John Muir was a naturalist who can be known as “The Father of Our National Parks”. He helped preserve many of our national parks that we see today. John Muir and his love for the wilderness helped the American people learn that they need to preserve the natural beauty around them. To understand how he helped the people learn to preserve the environment‚ we need to know about his childhood
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When most people think of a national park they think of Yellowstone or Yosemite or the Grand Canyon but what they should think of is the Isle Royale National Park. The reason is because the Isle Royale is what a national park should be which is wild‚ rugged‚ and buffered from the outside world. The Isle Royale lies in northwest Lake Superior and although its only just 18 miles of water that separate the island from its nearest mainland shore of the Minnesota-Ontario border‚ it is considered part
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The National Park Service was created to protect both natural and cultural resources side by side. Exploring the park’s human past can tell us things about our role as park stewards now and in the future. The stories of Rocky Mountain National Park began with the earliest inhabitants and will continue for generations. “The Rocky Mountain National Park was established January 26‚ 1950 and covers a 415 square mile area‚ is seventy miles northwest of Denver‚ and attracts over three million people a
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named by the Hayden Expedition for its striking coloration. Later‚ many geologists‚ traveled to the area to confirm the colors described by explorers and trappers. Grand Prismatic Spring is noted for being the largest hot spring in Yellowstone National Park and third largest in the world. The spring is located halfway between the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins. The central location provides dramatic scenery for Yellowstone’s fast visitors. The spring is approximately 90 meters wide and 50 meters deep
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