Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton is a US national park in Wyoming, near America's world famous Yellowstone Park. Together, they organize the ecological zone of Greater Yellowstone, with an aggregate area of 73,000 km2. Grand - Tighton itself is arranged on an area with a total area of 1254 km2, where the Tighton mountain range enters and the Jackson Hole lowland edge is captured. The reserve was founded in 1929.
There are lakes in the park area, which are mainly glacial. Jackson is the largest lake in the park, located in the north of the reserve. From it comes the beginning of the Snake river, which, leaking, forms numerical tributaries, channels. A dam was built here, resulting in a 12-meter rise in lake level. The most famous glacial lakes of the reserve are considered to be Phelps, Lee, Jenny, Bradley, Jackson, Verinitsa, etc. There are also numerical alpine lakes.
The main attraction of the park is its highest rock in the Tighton ridge, in whose honor it was named. The height of the peak reaches 4199 m. The plant world of this region is almost in its original form. The very first people settled these places 11,000 years ago. Their representatives were mainly nomads, who settled in the warmer, in order to find and stock up on food, as well as a tool. Some of the first European residents entered the park at the beginning of the 19th century. The US government began to organize expeditions to these places only at the end of the 19th century. The first indigenous people in the Jackson Hole Valley since 1880.
The plant world of the Grand Teton Nature Reserve is quite diverse, as it is located simultaneously in several natural areas. But the main factor that acts on the local flora is the height difference. The mountainous terrain is covered with dense forests, the representatives of which are spruce, fir. The bottom of the valley is damped by mixed as well as broadleaved trees. The coastal zone of lakes and rivers has grown with marshy plants.
At an altitude of 3000 m. there are alpine meadows that are eased by many herbaceous plants, as well as moss and lichens.
As already mentioned, the plants in the reserve are almost in their original form, but there are such varieties of trees that were on the verge of extinction: white-cool pine, soft pine. The reason for this is their disease, which exists in nature.
Grand Teton National Park is also famous outside the United States for its diversity of animals. Here, many birds feel good and multiply, among which the lightest bird in the world is found - hummingbirds, as well as golden eagles, sapsana, swans, eagles and many others. The vast area of the park is roaming noble deer, fast proteins, yellow-bellied gophers, as well as bison, moose. Brazing the territory of the reserve of herbal bears, gathering herds of wolves, and also a fast cougar occurs. Local water bodies fill beavers, otters, ondatras.
Grand Tighton National Park is visited by many travelers from around the world. Over the year, there are up to 2.5 million people here, which puts Grand Tighton in attendance along with the Grand Canyon and Zion national parks. Tourist routes with a length of 320 km are very developed here. There are many places for camping. Climbing lovers come here. The guests of the park are presented with hotel complexes, as well as information centers.
