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| [[File:Grand_Canyon_NP-Arizona-USA.jpg| | | [[File:Grand_Canyon_NP-Arizona-USA.jpg|130px]]|| Grand Canyon | ||
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| [[File:Grand Prismatic Spring - panoramio.jpg| | | [[File:Grand Prismatic Spring - panoramio.jpg|130px]]| Yellowstone | ||
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| [[File:Turret Arch through North Window (crop).jpg| | | [[File:Turret Arch through North Window (crop).jpg|130px]] || Arches NP | ||
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| [[File:Mesa Verde National Park 03.jpg| | | [[File:Mesa Verde National Park 03.jpg|130px]] || Mesa Verde | ||
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| [[File:Girl Posing at Glacier Point Yosemite 2013.jpg| | | [[File:Girl Posing at Glacier Point Yosemite 2013.jpg|130px]] || Yosemite | ||
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| [[File:Dry Tortuga from Helicopter.jpg| | | [[File:Dry Tortuga from Helicopter.jpg|130px]] || Dry Tortugas | ||
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| [[File | | | [[File:Everglades Alligator verkl.jpg|130px]] || Everglades | ||
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| [[File | | | [[File:Cove-mtn-trail-tn3.jpg|130px]] || Great Smoky Mountains | ||
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| [[File | | | [[File:Dall_sheep_in_denali.jpg|130px]] || Denali | ||
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| | | [[File:Dean Franklin - 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument (by-sa).jpg|130px]] || Mount Rushmore | ||
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| [[File | | | [[File:Pahoeoe fountain edit2.jpg|130px]] || Hawaii Volcanoes | ||
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| [[File | | | [[File:Antelope Canyon Mittags.jpg|130px]] || Antelope Canyon | ||
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Version vom 18. Mai 2018, 09:45 Uhr
The United States of America have 60 protected areas known as National Parks.
- Use the weblinks below (or just search in the internet) to look for the information.
- Do the interactive quiz! Do you know everything?
Interactive Exercises
Facts and records
What is the oldest National Park? (Yellowstone) (!Plimouth Plantation) (!Jamestown) (!Yosemite)
What is the largest National Park in the USA? (!Yellowstone) (!Rhode Island) (Wrangell-St. Elias) (!Death Valley)
What is the deepest canyon? (!Grand Canyon) (!Black Canyon) (Kings Canyon) (!Antelope Canyon)
Which states have the most national parks [2 of them] (!Texas) (!New York) (California) (Alaska) (!Washington) (!Florida) (!Utah) (!Colorado)
Which is the most visited national park in the USA? (Great Smoky Mountains NP) (!Yosemite NP) (!Yellowstone NP) (!Everglades) (!Grand Canyon National Park) (!Rocky Mountain National Park) (!Zion National Park)
The highest mountain of the USA is Mt McKinley [6193.5m] in ... (Denali NP[Alaska]) (!Yellowstone NP)
<popup name="Show solution"> The biggest national park is Wrangell-St. Elias with 33.682,5 km² (about the size of Nordrhein-Wesfalen or Switzerland). It also covers three climate zones.
The deepest canyon is Kings Canyon with 8200 feet (2504m); the Grand Canyon is only a mile deep (1600m).
California and Alaska both have 8 national parks (10 States With The Most National Parks In The United States
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The lowest point in the US is Badwater which is 282 ft (86m) below sea level. It's in ... (Death Valley NP) (!Dry Tortugas NP) (!Everglades NP)(!Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky)
The longest cave system of the world is in … (Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky) (!Hawaii Volcanoes NP) (!Mount Olympic NP)
Memory
Match the sights and the national parks.
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Grand Canyon |
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Arches NP |
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Mesa Verde |
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Yosemite |
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Dry Tortugas |
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Everglades |
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Great Smoky Mountains |
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Denali |
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Mount Rushmore |
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Hawaii Volcanoes |
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Antelope Canyon |
Weblinks
