NATIONAL PARKS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• NATIONAL PARK IS ONE OR SEVERAL ECOSYSTEMS WHERE PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL INTEREST OR WHICH CONTAIN A NATURAL LANDSCAPE OF GREAT BEAUTY

INTERESTING FACTS• THE UNITED STATES HAS 59 NATIONAL PARKS• 27 STATES HAVE NATIONAL PARKS• CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST (NINE)• THE TOTAL AREA PROTECTED BY NATIONAL

PARKS IS 51.9 MILLION ACRES (210000 KM2)• 14 NATIONAL PARKS ARE DESIGNATED WORLD

HERITAGE SITES

• THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK- YELLOWSTONE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1872

• THE NEWEST IS PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK IN CALIFORNIA THAT WAS UPGRATED IN 2013

• THE LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IS WRANGELL – ST. ELIAS IN ALASKA. IT IS OVER 8 MILLION ACRES (32000 KM2)

• THE SMALLEST PARK IS HOT SPRINGS IN ARKANSAS. IT IS LESS THAN 6000 ACRES (24 KM2) THIC NATIONAL PARK IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BATHHOUSES.

• THE MOST VISITED

NATIONAL PARK IS GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS IN

NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE

(9 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR)

• THE SECOND POPULAR NATIONAL PARK IS GRAND CANYON IN ARIZONA (4 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR)

• IN CONTRAST, ONLY 5000 PEOPLE A YEAR VISIT LAKE CLARK IN ALASKA

FIND THEM ON THE MAP!

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

• WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF NATIONAL PARKS?• WHAT NATIONAL PARKS ARE SITUATED IN

CALIFORNIA?• WHAT IS FLORIDA FAMOUS FOR?• WHAT NATIONAL PARK WOULD YOU LIKE TO

VISIT AND WHY?

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