US National Parks Reserves and Monuments

No, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico is not the biggest cave in the world. The world's largest cave by volume is Son Doong Cave in Vietnam, while Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is the longest known cave system in the world.

The tundra is characterized by a lack of trees due to its cold temperatures and permafrost, while the taiga is a forested biome dominated by coniferous trees. The transition from the tundra to the taiga is often marked by the presence of scattered trees such as stunted spruce or larch, indicating a shift from treeless to forested terrain. Additionally, climate factors such as temperature and precipitation play a role in determining the boundary between these two biomes.

The world's largest cave temple is the Kailasa Temple in Ellora, India. It is an impressive multi-story rock-cut temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, and it is considered one of the most remarkable cave temples in the world due to its size and architectural beauty.

Lines of latitude. Longitude is from Pole to Pole.

Some parks in Virginia include Shenandoah National Park, Great Falls Park, and Virginia Beach State Park.

The Tidal Basin is a partially man-made reservoir that is one of the scenic attractions in Washington, DC. It is surrounded by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial and the George Mason Memorial.

The Colorado River cut through layers of rock over millions of years to form the Grand Canyon. The process of erosion and the uplifting of the Colorado Plateau contributed to the formation of this iconic natural wonder.

Chaco Canyon is located in northwestern New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. It is a significant archaeological site that was once a major center of ancestral Pueblo culture.

Ponderosa pine, whitebark pine, red oak, white oak, sugar maple, white pine, blue spruce, Englemann spruce, birch, quaking aspen, green ash, cottonwood, sequoia, Norway spruce, weeping willow, ash, elm, alpine larch, subalpine fir, locust, etc, etc.

The famous extinct volcano on the island of Oahu is called Diamond Head. It is located near Waikiki Beach and is a popular hiking destination for visitors to the island.

Chu Yuan Chang (1328-1398) was the founder of the Ming Dynasty in China. He started as a peasant rebel leader and eventually overthrew the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty, establishing his own dynasty. He ruled as Emperor Hongwu and laid the foundations for the Ming Dynasty's governance and military structure.

One example of a giant evergreen tree is the coast redwood, which can grow over 300 feet tall. These trees are native to the coastal regions of California and are known for their impressive size and longevity. Coast redwoods are also important for their role in providing habitat for various species and for their ability to capture and store large amounts of carbon dioxide.

About 375-350 million years ago during the Devonian period, sandstone and conglomerates were deposited in the Ord Basin to create a plateau. Over the last 20 million years the plateau has been eroded to by water runoffs, wind, sand movent and plants and animals on and around the Bungle Bungle Range to form the dome shaped formations that are around today.

Location of the Purnululu National Park

The Bungle Bungles look a bit like bees with orange and dark grey banding on them. The dark grey banding on them is caused by sandstone with lots of clay that has a protective layer of cyanobacteria which is blue-green algae which can survive the heat in the areas. The orange banding is caused by sandstone with not much clay and has a protective layer of iron oxide that is only a few millimetres thick. They both protect the soft clay based sandstone underneath and also slow weathering and erosion.

The large lagoon that runs the length of Encounter Bay is called the Coorong. It is a long, shallow saline estuary located at the southeastern end of South Australia.

Tennessee has a diverse landscape that includes four main landforms: mountains in the east (Appalachian range), plateaus in the middle (Cumberland Plateau), valleys and basins in between (Great Valley), and flatlands in the west (Coastal Plain).

The Bungle Bungle Range is a unique sandstone mountain range located in Purnululu National Park in Western Australia. Its distinctive beehive-shaped domes are formed by erosion over millions of years and are a popular tourist attraction known for their striking orange and black stripes. The area is also significant for its Aboriginal cultural heritage.

The canyon that cuts its way from Marble Gorge to the Grand Wash Cliffs is the Grand Canyon. It stretches for approximately 277 miles and is known for its vast size and intricate landscape. The Colorado River flows through this iconic canyon, which is a popular destination for hikers, rafters, and sightseers.

A sequoia is a very tall coniferous redwood tree, found primarily in California. How it looks depends on the age. In Sequoia National Park, California there is a Sequoia tree named the General Sherman. It is the most massive living thing in the world. It is 275 feet tall, 36.5 feet wide. It is estimated to be 2500 years old. Young Sequoias are tightly pyramid shaped. Old ones lose there lower branches and the foliage is more separated and the trunk is the most prominant feature.

Glacier National Park was established in a bill signed by President William Howard Taft in May, 1910. The park fell to the management of the National Park Service upon the agency's inception in 1916, and it is still managed by the U.S. National Park Service. In 1932, Glacier National Park joined with Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta to form the world's first international peace park. Although there are certain parallel goals between the parks and some cooperation on issues, both parks collect separate fees and are managed by their respective federal agencies. Today, the park is also recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and a Biosphere Reserve. Geologically speaking, the park's landscape was formed by two processes: mountain-building and glaciation. A very long time ago, a huge slab of rock thrust upward and to the east; this formation is called the Lewis Overthrust. This overthrust formation contained all the rock in the mountains in the park today, plus a large amount of rock no longer found there because of erosion. During the Pleistocene Epoch, a cooler and wetter period in North America's geologic history, massive ice sheets descended from Canada and shaped much of the northern United States' landscape. The mountains created their own separate glaciers where moisture and lower temperatures at higher altitudes formed their own glaciers in the mountains. The glaciers scoured out the rock over time and created classic U-shaped valleys in the park, chiselled the mountains, and created the fascinating landscape in the park. The glaciers remaining in the park today are thought not to be of this geologic age, but are instead remnants of the "Little Ice Age," which only ended in 1850. The glaciers in the park today are expected to disappear by 2030.

Essentially every feature in Glacier National Park was formed by a period of glaciation during the Pleistocene Ice Age, including all the mountains and all the valleys. A look at a map of the park will show several large, long lakes whose beds were scoured out by these glaciers. Some famous and oft-photographed valleys in the park that are easily accessible by car (and on the internet via webcam at www.nps.gov/glac ) are the Lake McDonald Valley, the St. Mary Valley, and the Many Glacier Valley.

Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872, by an Act signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, as the first national park in the US and possibly the world.

The National Park System was created by an Act signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 25, 1916. The Act, known as the Organic Act, placed all the existing parks under the management of the National Park Service.

The flat tops of the Grand Canyon were formed through millions of years of erosion by water and ice. The Colorado River and its tributaries gradually carved through the rock layers, creating the wide, flat plateau at the top of the canyon. The process of erosion continues to shape the canyon's landscape today.

Wildlife attracts tourists to the Serengeti National Park in Africa.

The Statue of Liberty in New York City is an American landmark that might be perceived as moving backward when viewed from certain angles due to its design and the way it stands on Liberty Island. However, it is a stationary structure and not physically moving.