Smoky Mountain National Park Logan Mason

Location 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

Landforms 1. The great Smoky Mountain National park is made out of Mountains 2. Over Millions of years erosion has changed the Smoky Mountains 3. Today the highest peaks in the Smoky Mountains are less than 7,000 feet 2,100 meters above sea level 4. The Smoky Mountains formed when plates below the sedimentary rocks met

Culture 1. Thousands of years ago people worked there lived there and now visit there.

Waterways 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

Rocks and Minerals 1. 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