Yellowstone National Park

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World Heritage Site biosphere reserve national park protected area

Yellowstone National Park is a vast, geologically active wilderness famed for its geysers, hot springs, diverse wildlife, and dramatic landscapes, primarily located in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.

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Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site → biosphere reserve → national park → protected area →
area	approximately 3,472 square miles → approximately 8,983 square kilometers →
borderedBy	Grand Teton National Park →
climate	subalpine →
contains	Yellowstone Caldera →
continent	North America →
country	United States of America →
createdUnder	Ulysses S. Grant administration →
elevationMax	about 3,462 meters →
elevationMin	about 1,610 meters →
established	1872-03-01 →
establishedBy	Yellowstone National Park Protection Act →
geologicalType	supervolcano caldera →
governingBody	U.S. Department of the Interior →
hasEntrance	East Entrance near Cody → North Entrance at Gardiner → Northeast Entrance near Cooke City → South Entrance near Grand Teton → West Entrance at West Yellowstone →
hasFeature	Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone → Hayden Valley → Lamar Valley → Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River → Mammoth Hot Springs → Norris Geyser Basin → Tower Fall → Yellowstone Lake → Yellowstone River →
hasResearchField	ecology → geology → volcanology → wildlife biology →
hasWildlife	American bison → bald eagles → bighorn sheep → black bears → cougars → coyotes → cutthroat trout → elk → gray wolves → grizzly bears → moose → pronghorn → trumpeter swans →
highestPoint	Eagle Peak →
IUCNCategory	II →
knownFor	Grand Prismatic Spring → Old Faithful geyser → Yellowstone Caldera → dramatic landscapes → geysers → hot springs → hydrothermal features → wildlife →
legalStatus	federally protected land →
locatedIn	Idaho → Montana → Wyoming →
lowestPoint	Reese Creek →
managedBy	National Park Service →
nearestCity	Cody, Wyoming → Cooke City, Montana → Gardiner, Montana → Island Park, Idaho → Jackson, Wyoming → West Yellowstone, Montana →
notableEvent	1988 Yellowstone fires → reintroduction of gray wolves in 1995 →
partOf	Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem →
primaryBiome	subalpine forest →
roadSystem	Grand Loop Road →
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone →
UNESCOBiosphereReserveDesignationYear	1976 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	1978 →
visitorCount	over 4 million visitors per year in the 2010s →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Idaho → Montana ("Yellowstone National Park (partial)") →	hasNationalPark
United States National Park System → Wyoming →	hasPart
Grand Teton National Park →	adjacentTo
western United States →	contains
Rocky Mountains →	containsProtectedArea
Our National Parks →	describes
Mountain States →	hasNotableNationalPark
Teton Trek →	inspiredBy
Cody, Wyoming →	locatedNear
Idaho Falls, Idaho →	nearbyAttraction
Bozeman, Montana, United States →	nearNationalPark
U.S. Route 20 ("Yellowstone National Park region") →	traverses