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Lower Yosemite Fall Tour - Shaping Yosemite Valley

A wayside exhibit with a bronze tactile relief section stands along a path. A tall waterfall can be seen above the treeline.

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Shaping Yosemite Valley
Like giant bulldozers, ice-age glaciers carved and plucked rock from Yosemite Valley's granite walls. As the glaciers receded, "hanging valleys" were left behind. The streams from these ancient valleys now flow over waterfalls-like Yosemite Falls.

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Last updated: October 20, 2023