Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Why You Should Visit The Olympic National Park Anytime

By Iva Cannon


There quite a number of parts of the world. But one place you need to visit is the Olympic National Park locates in the United States of America. This place is beautiful, and it is in the state of Washington on the Olympic Peninsula. The area is divided into four major areas known as the Pacific coastline, the rain forest with moderate temperatures, the alpine and the eastern side with forests.

Pacific coastline is rugged and has sandy beaches. It is located along adjacent forest and is sixty miles long and has native communities at the end of two rivers. The two rivers are Quileute River that has the Quileute people and the Hoh people who are located at the mouth of Hoh River. The coastline has a rich history, and the beaches have a stretch of the wilderness of about twenty miles.

There are few beaches across the world that has sand, but this region coastline has enough sand. They are also covered with the bush undergrowth, slippery footing and misty rainfall weather. The terrain is accessible not like the other parts of this beautiful national park that has difficult terrain. You need to visit this place to enjoy the true definition of a beautiful scenery at the natural vegetation that leaves many asking for more.

There is also thick groves forest adjacent to the sandy beaches. More often you will find logs of fallen trees, and this is mostly seen near Hoh River. This region has large amounts of dead heads, and the natural eroded timber. President Franklin Roosevelt actually supported connecting the park land and the section of coastal areas.

The Olympic mountain is known to be a product of wedges of the Juan De Fuca Plate. It is a non-volcanic mount that contain massive snow that interesting for tourists to see. The glaciers also cover an approximate height of over five kilometers.

Towards the east, there is a dry range that falls on the leeward side of the mountain. It falls at the East which is the leeward side and is a shadow of the rain coming from the Western side of the mountain. It also has a high peak and a variety of craggy ridges.

When you look to the east, you will also see that the range is drier due to shadow of the rain on the western side of the mountains. This place has a number of craggy ridges and a high peak.

Additionally, there is a variety of endemic plants and animal species in the area. Native plants are also present in abundance. Many biologists have utilized the area to undertake research regarding the evolution of animals and plants. The area has a substantial population of black bears and black-tailed deer that are valuable. In addition, there is a substantial population of mountain goats and cougar that were introduced back in the 1920s. The mountain goats found in the region damaged the indigenous flora and hence had to be managed effectively so as to protect them.

In the year, 1920 mountain goats were introduced in the place but they destroyed the native flora. They management had to step in and take charge so that to restore the destroyed the flora. They become very destructive that why they had to take the necessary precautions to save this place from further precautions.




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