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Yosemite Valley

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A valley of east-central California along the Merced River. It is surrounded by Yosemite National Park and has many waterfalls, including Yosemite Falls, with a total drop of 739 m (2,425 ft).

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Examples

  • This room is exactly like a place where we come from called Yosemite Valley, a glorious canyon.

    The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004

  • This room is exactly like a place where we come from called Yosemite Valley, a glorious canyon.

    The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004

  • This room is exactly like a place where we come from called Yosemite Valley, a glorious canyon.

    The Welkening Gregory Spencer 2004

  • The Yosemite Valley is the heart of the national park.

    The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903

  • Other bands of Indians in the vicinity of the Yosemite Valley were the Po-ho-nee´-chees who lived near the headwaters of the

    Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions Galen Clark 1862

  • The region embraced in what is known as the Yosemite Valley has been ceded by the National Government to the State of California, on the express condition that it shall be kept inviolate in its present wild and natural state for all time.

    Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • They spent their honeymoon on a fishing trip, were friends of the landscape photographer Ansel Adams and raised their family with a tradition of visiting places such as Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe.

    Richard Goldman, originator of 'Green Nobel,' dies Emma Brown 2010

  • Peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains "known as the Yosemite Valley, with the understanding that all income derived from it should be spent for improving the reservation or building a road to it.

    The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903

  • Competing in the lucrative landscape-photography market of the late 1860s and early '70s, he preferred dizzying over traditional, taking risky positions on the edges of 400-foot cliff faces in Yosemite Valley to ensure stunning shots of waterfalls and mountain views.

    The Daredevil Whose Photos Solved a Locomotion Mystery 2011

  • We were founded by John Muir, who sought to defend Yosemite Valley and help create and expand Yosemite National Park.

    Michael Brune: Speaking Out for Clean Cars Michael Brune 2012

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