Sawtooth National Forest is a federally
protected area that covers 2,102,461 acres (850,836 ha) in the U.S. states of
Idaho (~96 percent) and
Utah (~4 percent). A portion of it has been designated as the
Sawtooth National Recreation Area, which includes the
Sawtooth Wilderness. It is named for the
Sawtooth Mountains, one of several mountain ranges in the area, and contains land cover types which include
sagebrush steppe,
spruce-fir forests, and
alpine tundra. There are over 1,100 lakes and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of rivers and streams. Plants and animals that are found only in the Sawtooth National Forest and adjacent lands include
Christ's Indian paintbrush(pictured),
Davis' springparsley, the
South Hills Crossbill, and the
Wood River sculpin. The area that is now Sawtooth National Forest was first occupied by people as early as 8000 BC and by the
Shoshone people after 1700 AD. The first
European descendants migrating from the eastern United States arrived in the area around the 1820s and founded many of the current towns around what later became the forest. Facilities are offered for various recreation activities including skiing, boating, hunting, camping, and walking. (
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The Gran Sabana is a savanna in southeastern Venezuela known for its varied landscape. Pictured here is a morning view of two
tepuis,
Kukenán and
Roraima; although Roraima tepui is actually higher than Kukenan, due to perspective it appears lower.
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Sawtooth National Forest is a federally
protected area that covers 2,102,461 acres (850,836 ha) in the U.S. states of
Idaho (~96 percent) and
Utah (~4 percent). A portion of it has been designated as the
Sawtooth National Recreation Area, which includes the
Sawtooth Wilderness. It is named for the
Sawtooth Mountains, one of several mountain ranges in the area, and contains land cover types which include
sagebrush steppe,
spruce-fir forests, and
alpine tundra. There are over 1,100 lakes and 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of rivers and streams. Plants and animals that are found only in the Sawtooth National Forest and adjacent lands include
Christ's Indian paintbrush(pictured),
Davis' springparsley, the
South Hills Crossbill, and the
Wood River sculpin. The area that is now Sawtooth National Forest was first occupied by people as early as 8000 BC and by the
Shoshone people after 1700 AD. The first
European descendants migrating from the eastern United States arrived in the area around the 1820s and founded many of the current towns around what later became the forest. Facilities are offered for various recreation activities including skiing, boating, hunting, camping, and walking. (
Full article...)
The Gran Sabana is a savanna in southeastern Venezuela known for its varied landscape. Pictured here is a morning view of two
tepuis,
Kukenán and
Roraima; although Roraima tepui is actually higher than Kukenan, due to perspective it appears lower.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
4,524,095 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.