A guide to learning more about the National Park, an ideal tourist spot!

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Activities In rocky mountain national park there are many activities you can enjoy such as going swimming in our many lakes o r rivers. You may also boat in the park with many people that are there. Also you can go camping everywhere in the park it has amazing scenery and there is also wild life that you can observe. There is also vegatation in the park lots of vegatation.

Where can you find water? Water can be found throughout the beautiful, Rocky Mountain National Park. Landforms can be found all over this national,this park consists of 150 lakes and over 476 miles of rivers and streams. Some lakes include Grand lake, Lake Granby, Shadow Mountain lake, Monarch lake etc... Some rivers include Tonahutu river etc.... If you’re a fisherman I recommend these rivers. Grand lake is the largest natural lake in Colorado with a depth of 265 feet. Thousands of years ago this lake was formed by a glacier slowly advancing then retreating to become the landform Grand lake.

Erosion Now and in the Past Not much erosion happens around the lakes because there is a lot of granite. There is also a lot of metamorphic rock. There used to be a lot of sedimentary rock, before erosion happened. Each ridged pattern in the park was eroded by the erosion of paleozoic and mesozoic erosion of the sedimentary rocks. Now the erosion surrounds a core of uplifted Precambrian granite.

General Topography As you look at Rocky Mountain National Parks topography you will notice most of the contour lines are close together, hence showing that The Rocky Mountains have a lot of elevation. If you look at the maps below you will see how the topographic map compares to the actual picture. The map in the bottom bright corner shows a topographic map of Longs Peak, the highest mountain in the National Park. In the bottom left you will see a normal map of Longs Peak. As you can see the mountain almost goes straight up that’s why the lines right there(arrow) are so close together

Majority of Population One city is grand lake with a population of 447. Estes Park which has the highest population of 6,543. People mainly live in Estes park. It is a very remote city. It is also a very big city.

Where rocks are found and how do they affect landforms? Wherever you are in Rocky Mountain National Park you should be able to find rocks. They can be found on river beds making sediment deposit differently. Metamorphic rocks around lakes help keep the water in the lake because of the rocks hardness and durability. Sedimentary rocks in the park are mainly found near caves. If you’re a tourist and you like rocks check these places to find some.

How landforms form over tiime Rocks are formed over millions of years or less by many things such as lava cooling and hardening. This can make many types of minerals. Landforms can also be formed by glaciers retreating, standing, or advancing. They can also be made by sea levels rising or lowering. They can also be created by erosion of rocks. Some examples are Grand Lake Colorado formed by a glacier. Other examples of these things are rivers that erode the earth.

Types of rocks Red rocks are part of the Rocky Mountains they actually came of a big mountain. They came from the sea and over time when we raised up from water it was a thick layer of sedimentary rock. So the rocks there are easy to break. Also when it came up at of water it took a long time to build up and make it shape that it has today and till this day it’s still eroding. In a few million years the rock will go through the rock cycle again so the rock types will change. So maybe because at this moment the rocks are sedimentary it would be sandstone or red rock So for people who are visiting should come and see what our state has to offer.

jobs The jobs in the park can be park rangers or a fishing guides. Also a miner. Maybe even a tour guides for visitors. That’s all the jobs in the park I can think of. These are not average jobs that are in the city. Cities in Rocky Mountain National Park have average jobs such as banking, writing/journalism etc...

How Landforms Are Changing All rocks are changing all the time, even though you might not see it. Some of these changes include erosion, abrasion, and weathering even us humans can affect the many rocks in the Rocky Mountain National Park. For example, we get a lot of snow in Colorado, when that snow freezes it expands and breaks of part of the landform. Over a Million people visit the park every year that’s a lot of people climbing all over the mountains!