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Mount Rainier National Park



Mount Rainier National Park

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     challenging words:    historic, wildflowers, rainforest, subalpine, temperate, alpine, photo, level, such, wilderness, museum, life, erupt, unless, fifth, state
     content words:    Joyce Furstenau, Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, United States, Mount Fuji, Rainier National Park


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Mount Rainier National Park
By Meg Leonard
  

1     Mt. Rainier, October 22, 2006, photo by Joyce Furstenau
 
2     Mount Rainier is a volcano. It is in the state of Washington. A national park protects the land around it. Mount Rainier National Park is the fifth oldest national park in the United States. About two million people visit the park each year. This park has a sister mountain and park in Japan. It is Mount Fuji. Many visitors think it is similar to Mount Rainier.
 
3     Mount Rainier is the tallest volcano in the United States. It is 14,410 feet above sea level. Its last eruption was about 150 years ago. Scientists predict that it will erupt again.

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