2017-06-12

2016年阿美利堅之旅(10):黃石公園(Yellowstone National Park)(l中)








附世界第一公園
黃石國家公園(Yellowstone National Park)簡介:
簡稱黃石公園,1872年3月1日它被正式命名為保護野生動物和自然資源的國家公園,於1978年被列入世界自然遺產名錄。這是世界上第一個最大的國家公園。

黃石國家公園佔地面積約為898317公頃,主要位於美國懷俄明州,部分位於蒙大拿州和愛達荷州。黃石公園分五個區:西北的猛獁象溫泉區以石灰石台階為主,故也稱熱台階區;東北為羅斯福區,仍保留着老西部景觀;中間為峽谷區,可觀賞黃石大峽谷和瀑布;東南為黃石湖區,主要是湖光山色;西及西南為間歇噴泉區,遍佈間歇泉、溫泉、蒸氣池、熱水潭、泥地和噴氣孔。園內設有歷史古蹟博物館。
該公園是世界上最大的火山口之一,它擁有世界上面積最大的森林之一,公園內的森林佔全美國森林總面積的90%左右,水面佔10%左右。有超過10,000溫泉和300多個間歇泉。擁有290多個瀑布。園內有黃石湖、黃石河、峽谷、瀑布及溫泉等景觀,是一個負有盛名的遊覽勝地。園內有野生動物7種有蹄類動物,2種熊和67種其他哺乳動物,322種鳥類,18種魚類和跨境的灰狼。有超過1100種原生植物,200餘種外來植物和超過400種喜溫微生物。
The World's first national park: Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is a national park in the United States. It was the world's first national park.United States President Ulysses S. Grant signed a law to create it. The name was taken from the Yellowstone River, which flows through the park. Yellowstone was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.
Yellowstone National Park is famous for its geysers and hot springs. The park contains about half the world's geysers.The world's most famous geyser, the Old Faithful Geyser, is in Yellowstone National Park. It also is a home to grizzly bears, wolves, bison and elk. Many tourists visit the park each year to see the geysers and animals there.
The park is the center of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This is the largest remaining nearly intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone. It includes many types of ecosystems, but the biggest is the subalpine forest.

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