Yosemite

[yoh-sem-i-tee]

noun

1. a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.

Example Sentences

Wednesday for some communities near Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, as well as on the Eastern Sierra slopes.

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Every year, an area about the size of Yosemite National Park is cleared to make charcoal, according to IGC, a research center based out of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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An Alaskan climbing influencer has died after falling from El Capitan, a famous vertical rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park.

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A popular and promising young mountaineer fell to his death on Yosemite’s El Capitan on Wednesday, a tragedy that was reportedly live-streamed on social media.

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They found that at two large glaciers, one in Yosemite National Park and another bordering the park, the rocks have continuously been covered, most likely by ice, since the end of the last Ice Age.

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