Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone - a treasure of nature, where the collected snow-white peaks, snow-white geysers, mud volcanoes, colored lakes, around which the buffalo roam and the deer. This is the world's first national park was established March 1, 1872. Area 898.3 ha. Park the most part (96%) located in Wyoming, Montana and a few (3%) and Idaho (1%). The main thing about the park: -length from north to south - 102 km -length from west to east - 87 km -highest point - 3 462m (Eagle Peak) -80% Of territory covered by forest, 15% - meadows, 5% - water -January temperature: -13 0 C (maximum: -54 0 sup> C (1933), in July: +27 0 C (maximum : +37 0 sup> C (2002)