Lyell Meadow is a
meadow
A meadow ( ) is an open habitat, or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non-woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as these areas maintain an open character. Meadows may be naturally occurring or artifi ...
, in the region of
Tuolumne Meadows Tuolumne Meadows () is a gentle, granitic dome, dome-studded, sub-alpine meadow area along the Tuolumne River in the eastern section of Yosemite National Park in the United States. Its approximate location is . Its approximate elevation is . The ter ...
, in
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...
.
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Geography
Lyell Meadow divides into Lower-Upper Lyell Canyon Meadow, Upper Lyell Meadow, and Lower Lyell Meadow. Lower-Upper Lyell Meadow, is smaller than Upper Lyell Meadow, but is a large meadow encompassing .
See also
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Dana Meadows
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Lyell Canyon
Lyell Canyon is a sub-alpine meadow in Yosemite National Park south of Tuolumne Meadows. For 13 kilometers (8 statute miles) most of the canyon has an approximate elevation of 2 700 meters (8,850 feet), and then rapidly climbs to 3 370 meters (11, ...
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Mount Lyell
References
External links and references
Equine trekking, through Lyell Meadow
Landforms of Yosemite National Park
Canyons and gorges of the United States
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