Yosemite Valley facts for kids
Yosemite Valley ( yoh-SEM-i-tee) is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about 7.5 miles (12 km) long and about 3000–3500 feet deep.
Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America, and is a big attraction especially in the spring when the water flow is at its peak.
The Valley is the main attraction in the park for the majority of visitors. Yosemite Valley is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) due east of San Francisco.
Images for kids
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Sentinel Rock at sunset
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Yosemite Valley
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Yosemite Falls and Half Dome in the winter
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The Three Brothers formed from the El Capitan pluton
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Half Dome from Washburn Point
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The Mist Trail, as seen from the top of Vernal Falls
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Half Dome and Liberty Cap, Yosemite Valley, California. Marguerite Zorach (Brooklyn Museum)
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Captain John, leader of the Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiutes
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Galen Clark in the Big Tree Grove
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The Vernal Fall, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins c.1873 - 83
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The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point, showing visitors gazing at Bridalveil Falls, 1921
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1931 pictorial map by Jo Mora
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Yosemite Valley 1999
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The First Picture of Yosemite Valley by Thomas Ayres, 1855
