01 kwezingu-12
Moro Rock
Leli hambo lesithombe se-Sequoia ne-Kings Canyon liqala kusukela emngceleni oseningizimu (Ash Mountain) ukungena eSequoia, eduze kwedolobha leTrans Rivers eC CA Hwy 198. Lo mbono weMoro Rock uthathwe kuGeneral Highway endleleni eya epaki.
02 kwezingu-12
I-Drive-Through Tunnel Log
Izihlahla eziningi "ezinoveli" ezenza izivakashi ziye eSequoia kuma-1930 no-40s ziphelile, kodwa abantu basakujabulela ukushayela ngaleli giant eliwile, elisemgwaqweni ohlangothini ovela eHlathini iGiant kuya eMoro Rock. Ungake uthatha isithombe semoto yakho esivumelwaneni esiwa phansi esingumakhelwane sikhulu kakhulu ukuthi ungashayela izimoto eziningana ngaso leso sikhathi - kodwa manje sesivaliwe, njengoba sesilahlekile kakhulu ukuphepha.
03 ka-12
I-Western Western Divide
I-Western Western Divide iyingxenye yezintaba ze-Sierra Nevada. Ingqikithi yayo ephakeme yi-13,802-foot Mount Kaweah (okungamamitha angaba ngu-700 ubude kuneNtaba iWhite Whitney, intaba ende kunazo zonke e-US), kodwa ezinye iziqongo eziyisishiyagalombili ebangeni zingaphezu kwamamitha angu-13 000 ubude. Lesi sithombe sithathwe kusukela e-Moro Rock.
04 kwangu-12
Ukushayela i-Moro Rock
I-Moro Rock iyi-dome enkulu ye-granite eyadalwa lapho ukwandisa kubangela izingqimba zamadwala ukuze zivele zivela edwaleni elikhulu. Yindawo elula yokufinyelela kuyo, ukuhamba okuyizinkulungwane eziyi-4 ukusuka ku-lot lot yokupaka.
Ungangena phezulu ngokuhamba ngezinyathelo zamatshe ezingamakhulu amane. Ngokuba abagibeli, ubuso begwala linikeza izinyawo eziyizinkulungwane eziyizinkulungwane zokuchoboza kanye namafindo. Ingxenye yecala elingenalutho le-granite liphakeme ngamamitha angu-6 725.
05 ka-12
General Sherman Tree
Lesi sithombe asinikeze ngokuphelele umqondo wokuthi lo muthi ukhulu kangakanani, futhi iqiniso elilula lokuthi yiyona nto ephilayo kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Kufanele uzibonele wena, kodwa nansi izibalo zawo:
Ubudala obulinganisiwe: iminyaka engu-2300-2700
Isizinda Esiphezulu Esiphezulu: 275 ft
Ubuningi obukhulu besisekelo: 36.5 ft
Ukuphakama kwegatsha elikhulu lokuqala: 130 ft
Ububanzi begatsha elikhulu kakhulu: 6.5 ft
Umqulu We-Trunk: Ama-cubic angu-52 500Ukuze ufike ku-General Sherman Tree, kuzodingeka uhambe ukusuka endaweni yokupaka, eduze komzila ongama-0.4-mile owehla ngamamitha angu-212 - okusho ukuthi kuzodingeka uphumele phezulu lapho uphuma khona. Uma ungenakho konke lokho, ngaphandle komgwaqo omkhulu kunendawo yokuphumula nokupaka izimoto ezinezimpawu zokupaka ezikhubazekile, esiseduze kakhulu nomuthi omkhulu.
06 kwezingu-12
I-Generic Grant Tree - Isihlahla sikaKhisimusi Sesizwe
Isihlahla sikaKhisimusi Sesizwe, esivela eSalifornia seSequoia National Park singaphansi kweMithi kaGeneral Sherman ngeminyaka eyikhulu eminyaka kodwa cishe sikhulu ngamamitha angu-268 ubude. I-Sequoia enkulu ye-Giant yesithathu ngobukhulu, e-Grant Grove eduze ne-Highway 180 yokungena ne-Grant Village.
07 kwangu-12
I-Hume Lake
I-Hume Lake yichibi elenziwe ngabantu, elakhiwe ekuqaleni ukuhlinzeka ngamanzi ngenhlanzi esetshenziselwa ukugobhoza izinkuni ze-sequoia ezinama-54 ukusuka ku-Converse Basin kuya esigayini edolobheni laseSanger. Kukhona ikamu elikhulu lobuKristu lapha, kanye nesitolo, i-cafe nesiteshi segesi futhi ungakwazi ukuqasha amabhasi. Iphezu komgwaqo omkhulu eya eMakhosi Canyon futhi ingafinyelelwa ngokuvala ukuphela komgwaqo we-loop odlulayo.
08 kwabangu-12
Amakhosi Canyon
Akuyona iphutha lokuthayipha - ayikho i-apostrophe egameni laleli canyon. Akuyona eyingxenye yenkosi, kodwa kunalokho ibizwa ngokuthi umfula, okwakubizwa ngokuthi ngamakhosi amathathu encwadini yeBhayibheli. Ngokusho kwedayari likaPadre Munoz owahamba noMoraga Expedition ekuqaleni kwawo-1800, igama lokuqala abantu baseYurophu banikeza umfula oseduze kwakuyiRio de los Santos Reyes (uMfula Wamakhosi Ayingcwele).
I-Kings Canyon iyigodi eqoshiwe elineqhwa elincane eligcwele amagquma amanga, amade amakhulu aphethe uMfula i-Kings ageleza kuwo. Emakhilomitha ambalwa ngaphandle komngcele weMakhosi Canyon National Park, lijula ukuba yilokho okunye okulinganiselwe yi-canyon ejulile eNyakatho Melika.
09 kwangu-12
AmaGranite Amakhaya
Uzobona amafomu afana nalokhu ezingxenyeni eziningi zeSierras, neJosemite's Half Dome kanye neSequoia's Moro Rock yizibonelo ezinhle zenzeke lapho ama-rock ahambisana ne-flake esuka kude. Uma izazi zezwe zikhuluma ngabo, zisebenzisa amagama amaningi njenge "batholiths" kanye ne "plutons," kodwa nansi inguqulo yesiNgisi ecacile: Okokuqala, idwala elibunjiwe (magma) elisuka emgodini lomhlaba lihamba linye, liye lafinyelela phezulu eba yi-volcano, yaqina. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, idwala liyaphakanyiswa phezulu, amakristalu e-rock ayanweba futhi izingqimba ziqala ukuqhuma, zakha i-dome eyindilinga edwaleni.
10 kwangu-12
I-Grizzly Falls
Le mvula enhle ingamakhilomitha amahlanu kuphela ukusuka endaweni yokupaka. Yindawo enhle epholile ukuma ngosuku olushisayo. Uvame ukugeleza kusukela ngoMeyi kuya kuAgasti futhi ubude bube ngamamitha angu-70 ubude.
11 kwangu-12
I-Kings River
Uma uqala ukwehla kwakho ku-Kings Canyon, akubonakali njengombambo wamanzi omncane ogijima ngaphansi, kepha ngesikhathi ufika eMfuleni weMakhosi, uzothola ugeleza ngokuphawulekayo phezu kwamadwala amakhulu eduze nomgwaqo omkhulu. Umfula uqala njengamafoloki amathathu ajoyina ezinqoleni ezingezansi ngaphansi kweSequoia ukuze abe yindawo ethandwayo ye-whitewater rafting.
12 kwangu-12
Grand Sentinel
I-Grand Sentinel iyilungiselelo le-granite ngasekupheleni komgwaqo e-Kings Canyon. Ngokufanayo ne-El Capitan ka-Yosemite, yindawo enhle yokukhwela idwala futhi akahlupheki ngokweqile njengomlingani wayo odumile kakhulu.