Great Basin National Park is a US national park located in eastern Nevada , near the border with the state of Utah . The park was founded in 1986 and got its name from the Great Basin - one of the driest regions of North America.
| Great Basin National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 31,230 ha |
| Established | October 27, 1986 |
| Attendance | 91,451 ( 2011 ) |
| Management organization | US National Park Service |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Nearest town | Baker , Nevada |
Great basin national park | |
Great Basin is located 470 km north of Las Vegas , with a total area of 31,230 ha [1] .
Content
Flora and fauna
11 species of conifers and more than 800 plants grow in the park, 61 species of mammals, 18 species of reptiles, 238 species of birds, 2 species of amphibians and 8 species of fish live [2] [3] .
Attractions
Prometheus
The Prometheus tree is a pine species of Pinus longaeva , which grew near the border of the forest with Wheeler Peak . In 1964, a young researcher Donald Curry obtained permission to cut down a part of a tree trunk for research, during which it was discovered that Prometheus was about 5000 years old. Thus, in front of scientists was one of the oldest trees on Earth. As Darwin Lambert (author of several works on Great — Baysin) noted with bitter irony: “The oldest living creature was killed (namely, killed) in the name of science” [4] .
The felling of Prometheus caused a public outcry, as a result of which even the whereabouts of centuries-old trees are kept secret.
Lehman Cave
Leman Cave is a karst cave named after its discoverer Absalom Leman, located at an altitude of 2133 meters above sea level. On January 24, 1922, US President Warren Harding assigned the cave the status of a national monument, which was canceled in 1986 due to the formation of a national park [5] .
Notes
- ↑ National Park Service . nature.nps.gov. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.
- ↑ Reptiles and Amphibians of Great Basin National Park and Vicinity . nps.gov. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.
- ↑ List of Mammals . nps.gov. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.
- ↑ Oldest Living Tree Tells All (inaccessible link) . terrain.org. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.
- ↑ Lehman Caves National Monument . nps.gov. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.
Links
- Lehman Caves National Monument (1971) archive.org. Date of treatment August 12, 2012. Archived October 2, 2012.