Smoky Mountain Smoky Mountain National ParkNational Park

Logan Mason

LocationLocation

Region - SoutheastStates - Tennessee and North CarolinaCapitals – Nashville and RaleighLongitude – 86.22°W and 79.45°WLatitude – 35.84°N and 35.60°N

LandformsLandforms

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

CultureCulture

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

WaterwaysWaterways

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 MineralsRocks 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