1. THE GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTANS By Ketzia O

2. LOCATION Region-southeast State-Tennessee Longitude-86.2272n Lattitude-35.8490w

3. LANDFORMS Clingmans Dome Highest point 6,643 feet high Located in heart of the park –MT Collins 6,000 feet MT GUYOT 6,621 FEET HIGHT LOCATED IN THE NOTHERN PARK

4. CULTURE T wo different groups of people called the GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS home but they had opposing ideas on the land. Cherokee Indians. Frist people Came in 1212 Lived there for 800 years 1838 they were forced to travel west to Oklahoma Early settlers Came in early 1800’s Forced the Cherokee to travel on foot to Oklahoma from Tennessee. TODAY Around 9,008,830 people visit the park today

5. WATERWAYS THE T HREE Fssonating Falls Are RAINBOW falls LURUL FALLS AND Abrams Falls. Rainbow Falls Located in the north of park 80 feet high LURUL FALLS Also located in the north 80 feet high Abrams Falls Located in the north 20 feet high

6. ROCKS AND MIARALS M ost rocks in the smokes are sedimentary They wear formed of acumilashaons of clay, silt,gravel,and minor amounts of calcium carbonate The oldest rocks about 800-545 years ago. As more of theas sediments wear deposited they wear compressed into 9 mile thick sedimentary rock.