Passage: Yosemite National Park (yo-SEM-i-tee) wani wurin shakatawa ne na Amurka da ke yammacin Sierra Nevada na Central California, wanda ke kudu maso gabashin dajin Sierra Nevada da arewa maso yammacin Stanislaus National Forest. Yankin da National Park Service ke sarrafawa kuma ya rufe yanki mai girman kadada 748,436 (1,169 sq mi; 3,029 km2) kuma yana zaune a cikin kananan hukumomi huɗu: wanda ke tsakiyar Tuolumne da 3,029 km2 kuma yana fadada arewa da gabas zuwa Mono da kudu zuwa Madera County. An sanya shi a matsayin Gidan Tarihi na Duniya a cikin 1984, Yosemite ya zama sananne a duniya saboda tsaunukan dutse, ruwa, koguna masu tsabta, gandun daji, tabkuna, tabkuna, glaciers, da kuma nau'o'in halittu. Kusan kashi 95% na filin shakatawa na Amurka yana da gandun daji. Yosemite ya ƙunshi kimanin kimanin miliyan 4 a kudu maso gabas da kuma arewa maso yamma da Stanislaus National Forest.
Sierra Nevada an ɗaga shi sannan ya karkata don samar da gangaren yammacinsa mai sauƙi da kuma gangaren gabas mafi ban mamaki