The new international encyclopaedia . l or un-dulating lava fields, but spurs from the sur-rounding mountains run into it from all direc-tions, volcanic cones and other peaks as well assmall isolated mountain groups project fromthe jilateau floor in numerous places, while mostof the larger streams have cut their way throughthe lava in yawning canons, so that the surfaceis extremely diversified, and the plateau cut upinto a number of separate fields, basins, or are 24 peaks within the park proper whosealtitude exceeds feet. The loftiest as wellas the most rugged portion lies
The new international encyclopaedia . l or un-dulating lava fields, but spurs from the sur-rounding mountains run into it from all direc-tions, volcanic cones and other peaks as well assmall isolated mountain groups project fromthe jilateau floor in numerous places, while mostof the larger streams have cut their way throughthe lava in yawning canons, so that the surfaceis extremely diversified, and the plateau cut upinto a number of separate fields, basins, or are 24 peaks within the park proper whosealtitude exceeds feet. The loftiest as wellas the most rugged portion lies east of Yellow-stone , where Mount Humphreys and TurretMountain rise respectively to altitudes of 11,000and feet. Directly on the northern boun-dary, however. Electric Peak towers to a heightof feet, and affords one of the widestviews of the park and its surroundings to thenorth. The Continental Divide crosses the park in anirregular line from the middle of the westernboundary to near the southeastern corner, so. COPYfilGhT 1902 BY DtTKi THE GREAT FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 719 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. that tlie waters of the park are scut lo bothoceans. South of the Divide the upper courseof the Snake lUvc^r receives some of its head-streams from Slioslione, Lewis, and Heart of tile Divide all the streams are tributaryto the -Missouri. The most im|)ortant is theYellowstone (), whicli traverses tlie parkfrom the southeastern corner to the middle ofthe northern boundary, and into Yel-lowstone Lake, one of the central features ofthe re<;ion. The Madison River, one of theheadstreams of the Missouri, rises on the cen-tral phitcau. while the eastern mountains giverise to the Shoshone, an aliluent of the I!i<, Horn. The original yeoloyical structure of the parkis almost completely hidden by a great Tertiarylava How, the easternmost extension of the SnakeRiver basalt jilains, which are connected to thewest
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