The 50 National Parks In The United States

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There are over 50 National Parks in the United States. Each one of them has unique landmarks that were formed through hundreds of years. However, each of the landforms have one thing in common- they were formed through various processes involving water and rocks. Water and rocks shape our world by weathering and eroding the land, forming canyons, cliffs, and other landforms.
The water cycle is a never-ending process in which water goes through various processes, evaporating and precipitating through eternity. First, water in a reservoir evaporates, changing state from a liquid to a gas, forming water vapor. Then, that water vapor condenses and forms clouds. Next, precipitation falls, being either rain, sleet, or snow. When the precipitation

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