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Hot Springs National
Park
By: Audrey A.
How Did the Hot Springs
Become a Park?
 What year was the park established?
The answer is the park was established in 1916 into a
National Park
 Why did the hot springs become a National Park?
Because many people found the warm water like relaxing
and attractive also spa like.
Topographic Map of the Hot
Springs
Here is a Relief Map of Hot
Springs National Park
Environmental Issues
Affecting the Hot Springs
Landforms in Hot Springs
National Park
 Hot Springs
 Mountains
 Lakes
 Cascades
Some Technology Used to
Protect the Hot Springs
 Well for public use technology is used to make sure the
water is conserved.
 The mountains are managed by technology to make
sure to preserve the hydrological systems that feeds
into the springs.
Hot Spring’s Landforms
 Fact:
 Hot Springs National Park is 5,550 acres.
Hot Springs--- A hot spring is a spring of water that is in a stream current, which the park is named after.
Mountain--- A mountain is a place where two big parts of land collided and have smashed together and made what
we call a mountain.
Lake--- A lake is a piece of land that is covered in water but smaller than a ocean.
Cascade--- A cascade is a small waterfall.
Here is a map including the landforms mentioned:
NOT AVALIBLE
Rocks in Hot Springs National
Park
 Some of these rocks are:
 Sandstone
 Shale
 Conglomerate
 Quartz
Here are Some of These
Rocks Characteristics

Sandstone--- Is medium grained, that can be 6 feet wide and looks like this:

Shale--- Is like clay a bit, and is a little soft, and it looks like this:

Conglomerate--- Can be in some sandstones, and it looks like this:----------------

Quartz--- There are several different kinds of quartz mostly used as jewelry, and it looks like
this:
How the Hot Springs Were
Formed
 Why was the water warm to make the “hot springs”
form?
The reason the water was like that is because the water
sinks and the compression and natural heat warms the
water when it rises again a bit like the convection current.