Great Smoky Mountains

By: Kara Ward

Clingmans Dome

Location

• Region-Southeast• State-Tennessee• Capital-Nashville• Longitude-86.2272˚W• Latitude-35.8490˚N

Landforms

The Smokey haze gives the oldest mountains in North America there name Clingmans dome

– The location in the heart of the park – The height is 6,642 – On the Appalachian trail

•Mount Guyot _The height is 6,621 feet high _The location is in the north

Rich Mountain _Location is in the north

_The height is 3,686

Culture• Two different groups of people called the Great Smoky

Mountains home. They had opposing ideas on the land. Culture 1

Cherokee Indians_Started 1212_800 years_left in 1838Culture 2

Early Settlers_started in early 1800’s_made Cherokee Indians walk to OklahomaCulture 3

Modern day_today nobody lives there_people just visit

WaterwaysThere are three fascinating falls located within the national park. They are Laurel Falls , Abrams Fall and , Rainbow Falls

* Laurel Falls- located in the northern part of the park - 80 ft. high

* Abrams Fall- located in the north west

quadrant of the park- 20 ft. high

* Rainbow Falls- located in the north east quadrant of the park- 80 ft. high

Rocks And MineralsMost of the rocks in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park are sedimentary and were formed by accumulations of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and minor amounts of calcium carbonate in flat lying layers.

* The mountains were once 20,000 ft. high. Over millions of years, erosion has changed the Smokey's. Wind and rain have worn away the mountain tops. Today the highest peaks in the Smokies are less than 7,000 feet high above sea level.

_Clay_vast amounts of unconsolidated clay, silt, sand, and pebbles were washed down into lowland basins from adjacent highlands.