Transcript Smoky Mountain National Park

Smoky Mountain
National Park
Logan Mason
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Region - Southeast
States - Tennessee and North Carolina
Capitals – Nashville and Raleigh
Longitude – 86.22°W and 79.45°W
Latitude – 35.84°N and 35.60°N
Location
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The great Smoky Mountain National park is
made out of Mountains
Over Millions of years erosion has changed the
Smoky Mountains
Today the highest peaks in the Smoky
Mountains are less than 7,000 feet 2,100
meters above sea level
The Smoky Mountains formed when plates
below the sedimentary rocks met
Landforms
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Thousands of years ago people worked
there lived there and now visit there.
Culture
The different waterways in the great
smoky mountains
 The Grotto Fall - due to strong currents
and swimming in the pool at base of the
falls is extremely dangerous
 Wind and rain have worn away the
mountains tops also
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Waterways
The Great Smoky are made mostly out
of sedimentary rocks
2. Overtime the soil at the bottom of the
sea harden into layer of rocks
3. Pressure caused the sedimentary rocks
to fold and lift upward
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Rocks and Minerals