Yosemite Valley ( yoh-SEM-ə-tee; from the Southern Sierra Miwok Yohhe'meti, "those who kill") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000 to 3,500 ft (910 to 1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines.
Yosemite Valley ( yoh-SEM-ə-tee; from the Southern Sierra Miwok Yohhe'meti, "those who kill") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000 to 3,500 ft (910 to 1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines.
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