Yosemite National Park (yoseemite national park, pronounced [joʊsɛməti]) is a national park located in the central-eastern region of the American state of California, USA, about 300 km east of San Francisco.
The Yosemite National Park has an area of over 3,081 sq. Km and stretches along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at the meeting place of three Californian counties, Madera, Mariposa and Tuolumne, relatively close to the Kalifornien state border with the state of Nevada Nevada .
Annually, the national park is visited by over three million tourists, who travel mostly along the Yosemite Valley, located in the central park area. In 1984, Yosemite, which features a grandiose rocky massif, with a stream of clear waters and waterfalls, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park has an altitude of 400 - 4000 m above n.m., presenting five ecological systems. Here there are clusters of sequoia trees and a flora (3500 species of plants) and rich fauna.