Happy Isles, the Glossary
Happy Isles is a group of small isles in the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.[1]
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16 relations: California, Erosion, Grade (slope), Granite, Half Dome, John Muir Trail, Meander, Merced River, Mist Trail, Nevada Fall, Scree, Stream bed, Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley, 1996 Yosemite Valley landslide.
- Landforms of Yosemite National Park
- Merced River
- River islands of California
- Uninhabited islands of California
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
Grade (slope)
The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Half Dome
Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. Happy Isles and Half Dome are landforms of Yosemite National Park.
John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail (JMT) (Paiute: Nüümü Poyo, N-ue-mue Poh-yo) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, passing through Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
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Meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse.
Merced River
The Merced River, in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley.
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Mist Trail
The Mist Trail is one of the most popular short hikes in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Happy Isles and Mist Trail are Merced River.
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Nevada Fall
Nevada FallThe official spelling is singular, see is a high waterfall on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California. Happy Isles and Nevada Fall are Merced River and Yosemite National Park stubs.
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Scree
Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall.
Stream bed
A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river (bathymetry) and is confined within a channel, or the banks (bank (geography) of the waterway.
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Vernal Fall
Vernal Fall is a waterfall on the Merced River just downstream of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California. Happy Isles and Vernal Fall are Merced River.
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a national park in California.
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Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley (Yosemite, Miwok for "killer") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. Happy Isles and Yosemite Valley are landforms of Yosemite National Park and Merced River.
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1996 Yosemite Valley landslide
The 1996 Yosemite Valley landslide occurred on July 10, 1996, near the Happy Isles trailhead in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California.
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See also
Landforms of Yosemite National Park
- Cathedral Range
- Clark Range (California)
- Dana Meadows (California)
- Donohue Pass
- Glacier Point
- Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne
- Granite Domes of Yosemite National Park
- Gray Peak (California)
- Half Dome
- Happy Isles
- Hetch Hetchy
- Little Yosemite Valley
- Lyell Canyon
- Lyell Glacier
- Lyell Meadow
- McGurk Meadow
- Olmsted Point
- Red Peak (Madera County, California)
- Sierra Point (Yosemite)
- Taft Point
- Tenaya Canyon
- Tiltill Valley
- Tioga Pass
- Tuolumne Meadows
- West Quarter Dome
- Yosemite Valley
Merced River
- 1997 Merced River flood
- Clarkia lingulata
- Clarkia rostrata
- Clearing House, California
- El Portal, California
- George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area
- Happy Isles
- Hills Ferry, California
- Horseshoe Bend, California
- Illilouette Fall
- Lake McClure
- Limestone salamander
- Little Yosemite Valley
- McConnell State Recreation Area
- Merced Falls, California
- Merced River
- Mirror Lake (California)
- Mist Trail
- Nevada Fall
- New Exchequer Dam
- Panorama Trail
- Phillips' Ferry (Merced River)
- Plains and Sierra Miwok
- Rancho Las Mariposas
- Ridleys Ferry, California
- South Fork Merced River
- Vernal Fall
- Wawona Covered Bridge
- Yosemite Creek
- Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite Valley Bridges
- Yosemite Valley Railroad
River islands of California
- Happy Isles
Uninhabited islands of California
- Año Nuevo Island
- Begg Rock
- Bird Island (Marin County, California)
- Bird Rock (Marin County, California)
- Browns Island (Contra Costa County)
- Fannette Island
- Gull Rock
- Happy Isles
- Hooks Island
- Marin Islands
- Mussel Rock
- Negit Island
- Paoha Island
- Rat Rock (California)
- Red Rock Island
- Rincon Island (California)
- San Mateo Rocks
- San Miguel Island
- San Pedro Rock
- Santa Barbara Island
- Seal Rock (San Mateo County, California)
- Seal Rocks (San Francisco, California)
- Sutil Island
- The Sisters (California)