Which park is better Yellowstone or Yosemite?

Which park is better Yellowstone or Yosemite?

The biggest park in the lower 48 states. For the wildlife or the geothermal features alone, Yellowstone would outclass Yosemite, but the park also boasts a full slate of outdoor activities — more than a thousand miles of hiking trails, 2,000 campsites, and year-round lodging — to rival anything Yosemite has to offer.

What is the most fun National Park?

Yosemite National Park, California Classic places like Yosemite National Park never fail to amaze. In winter, snowy peaks, foggy slopes, icy waterfalls and frozen streams beacon to visitors who will find beauty as well as fun.

What is private forest land?

A private forest (also private woodland or private wood) is a forest that is not owned by municipal authorities (such as a corporate forest), church authorities or the state (e.g. a state forest or national forest). It can refer to woodland owned by a natural or juridical person or a partnership.

What was the main aim of Chipko movement?

Chipko movement, also called Chipko andolan, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging.

How does the forest clean and protect our water?

Trees on the shores of lakes and along streambeds have important water-protection functions. The deep root systems of these trees stabilize the banks of rivers and lakes, protecting against erosion and the inflow of sediments and pollutants while also providing habitat for aquatic and terrestrial wildlife.

Do trees produce oxygen?

Through a process called photosynthesis, leaves pull in carbon dioxide and water and use the energy of the sun to convert this into chemical compounds such as sugars that feed the tree. But as a by-product of that chemical reaction oxygen is produced and released by the tree.

Do trees clean the water?

Trees serve as natural sponges, collecting and filtering rainfall and releasing it slowly into streams and rivers, and are the most effective land cover for maintenance of water quality. Having a buffer of forestland by streams and riverbanks does even more good than just filtering the water.