Yosemite National Park is a US national park in California, bounded by the Sierra National Forest to the southeast and the
(1,187 sq mi; 3,074 km) and sits in four counties – centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, Mono to the north and east and Mono to
About 95 percent of the park is designated forest. Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in
the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals.The geology of the Yosemite area is characterized
increased the steepness of the stream and river bed, resulting in the formation of deep, narrow valleys. High-altitude