Transcript Slide 1

By
Cadence.Ottenstroer
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Regions - West
State – Montana
Capital - Helena
Latitude – 48.7°N
Longitude – 113.72°W
Landforms
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• 700 miles of hiking trails.
• Valleys and mountains covered the land
variety and plants.
• Canada's Waterton National Park share
the border between the United States and
Canada.
Culture
• There were many American Indians
• American Indians have lived in Glacier
National Park for more then 10,000 years.
• The Blackfeet, the Kalispell, the Kootenai,
the Salish, and the flathead were all early
residents of the area.
• The Blackfeet controlled most of the land
Waterways
 Some of the valleys filled with melted ice the melted
ice turned into lakes.
 Glaciers also changed the color of some lakes in
the park.
 The powder fell into some of the lakes that turned
the lakes turquoise.
 There are many bodies of water in Glacier National
Park.
Rocks and Minerals
• There are many rocks and minerals in Glacier
National Park.
• Rocks and soil under the water slowly hardened
into thick layers of limestone, mudstone and
sandstone.
• The rock layers began to crack and break the
rocks piled up to create mountains.
• The majority of the rocks forming the mountains
of Peace Park are the result of deposition of
sediments.