New geographies . deepvalleys, shut in by lofty moun-tains; beautiful lakes, like LakeTahoe in California and CraterLake in Oregon; and wonderfulwaterfalls, like the YosemiteFalls in California and the Sho-shone Falls in Idaho. Thereare also finely shaped volcaniccones, such as Mt. Rainier, , and Mt. Shasta, more thanfourteen thousand feet these volcanoes. In addition to such scenery,there are many deep, narrow 3. Grand Can- vallcys, or cunyons,yon of Colorado the largest of whichis the Grand Canyon of the Colo-rado River (Fig. 195),in is a mighty gash cut into
New geographies . deepvalleys, shut in by lofty moun-tains; beautiful lakes, like LakeTahoe in California and CraterLake in Oregon; and wonderfulwaterfalls, like the YosemiteFalls in California and the Sho-shone Falls in Idaho. Thereare also finely shaped volcaniccones, such as Mt. Rainier, , and Mt. Shasta, more thanfourteen thousand feet these volcanoes. In addition to such scenery,there are many deep, narrow 3. Grand Can- vallcys, or cunyons,yon of Colorado the largest of whichis the Grand Canyon of the Colo-rado River (Fig. 195),in is a mighty gash cut into the earthby the Colorado River, which flows alongits bottom a mile below the surface ofthe plateau. This canyon has been cutthrough rock layers that are brightlycolored, and that are gullied into many odd shapes. It is one of the grandestscenes on the earth. North of this, in the northwest cornerof Wyoming, there is a sec- 4. Yellowstonetion that has no equal among National Parkall the wonders of the world. This,. Fig. 196. — The Giant Geyser in eruption, one of the many geysersin the Yellowstone National Park. known as the Yellowstone National Parli,is so wonderful that it has been set apartby the government as a national park,to which people are freely admitted. Here. are hundreds of springs fromwhich boiling hot water pours forth. In THE WESTERN STATES 157 some places, the boiling water and steamnow and then shoot upward with a roar,rising to a height of from one hundredto two hundred feet. These springs arecalled geysers (Fig. 196), and there arescores of them in the Park. Here, too, is the Yellowstone Eiver, whosewaters tumble three hundred and eight feet in
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