American Wonders

Aurora Borealis

Grand Canyon

• Arizona• 446 km long • 6.4 to 29 km wide• Up to 1.83 km deep• 2 billion years old

Carlsbad Caverns

• New Mexico• 230 k below surface

Mammoth Cave

• Kentucky• Largest cave system in the world– 214 sq. km

Yellowstone

• Wyoming• 8,983 km• Active volcano

Painted Desert

• Arizona• Vast desert

Petrified Forest

• Arizona• 885 square km

Badlands

• South Dakota• 25.958 square km

Glaciers

• Alaska• 100,000

Mt. Kilauea

• Hawaii• Largest active volcano• On big island of Hawaii

Mohave Desert

• California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah 57,000 km

Great Lakes• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York• Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.• Gouged out by glaciers.

Niagara Falls

New YorkStrongest falls in

North AmericaCanadian borderUp to 53 meters

high

The Everglades

• Florida• Subtropic wetlands• 300 square km

Bayous

• Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Georgia Marshy lands

Blue Ridge Parkway

• Virginia, North Carolina• Longest National Park– 755 km

Monuments

St. Augustine, Florida

Mount Rushmore

• South Dakota• Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson, Lincoln

Each head, 18 m 1927 - 1941

Gateway Arch

• Missouri• Symbolizes entrance to West

1965200 m high

Golden Gate Bridge

• California• 1937• Then-largest suspension bridge

Arlington Cemetery• Virginia• Once home to Robert E. Lee

Hoover Dam

• Arizona, Nevada• 1935• Then world’s largest concrete structure

Statue of Liberty

New York188692.99 m tall