MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS PELIGRO!!! PELIGRO!! DRIVING IN KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK.

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Between these mighty mountains lie, deep spectacular canyons .Most significant is kings Canyon. In the parks, Kings Canyon is wide glacial valley featuring spectacular tall cliffs, a lovely meandering river, green vibrant meadows and beautiful waterfalls. A few miles outside the park. Kings Canyon deepens and steepens becoming became the deepest canyon in North America for short distance .
most of the mountains and Canyons in the Sierra Nevada are formed in granitic rocks. these rocks such as granite ,diorite and monzonite ,formed when molten rock cooled far beneath the surface of the earth ,the molten rock was a by product of geologic process known as subduction. Powerful forces in the earth forced the the landmass under the waters of the pacific Ocean beneath and below and advancing North American Continent ,This process took place during the Cretaceous Period (100 MILLION YEARS AGO) granitic rocks have speckled and micas. Valhalla or the Angel Wings are prominent cliffs that rice above the headwaters of the middle fork of Kaweah River