Day 50 (D-13) Last day: 5 x 4 = 20 bits of information about Yellowstone

1. The continental divide of North America runs diagonally through the park on its southwestern corner.

2. The park is home to one of the largest high altitude lakes in North America - the Yellowstone Lake.


3.  Old Faithful is not the park’s largest geyser
That distinction belongs to Steamboat Geyser, which can shoot water as high as 300 feet (91m), more than 100 feet (30m) higher than Old Faithful. Steamboat Geyser’s eruptions are unpredictable, though. Since 1991, it had erupted only eight times, and the amount of time between eruptions has varied from 30 days to nine years.  BUT now there is new news!  Be curious and take a look here:
https://geysertimes.org/geyser.php?id=Steamboat
https://youtu.be/vlFsEr1qmGk
Maybe Steamboat will erupt while we are there!
Steamboat Geyser
4. The Grand Prismic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States and the third largest in the world.


Attribution: Brocken Inaglory
It's difficult, but I will stop here with information about Yellowstone. However, when we return from the United States, I'll have my students share some of their photos with everyone.
My best,
Jane
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-- continental divide =  la ligne de la partage des eaux

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