Kubva murugwaro rwakapiwa, ndipei pfupiso yezvinokwezva zvinonyanya kufarirwa muYosemite National Park.
Context:Yosemite Valley inomiririra muzana imwe bedzi yenzvimbo yepaki, asi iyi ndiyo nzvimbo inosvika vashanyi vakawanda ndokugara. Nzvimbo inonzi Tunnel View ndiyo nzvimbo yokutanga inoonekwa nevakawanda vanoshanyira Mupata uyu uye inowanzotorwa mifananidzo yakawanda. El Capitan, dombo rakakura regranite riri pamusoro peYosemite Valley, nderimwe remaguta anozivikanwa zvikuru munyika yose nokuda kwokukwira makomo nemhaka yenzira dzaro dzakasiyana-siyana dzokukwira makomo pamwe chete nokuwanika kwaro gore rose. Dzimba dzegranite dzakadai seSentinel Dome neHalf Dome dzinosvika mamita 910 uye 1460 pamusoro pemupata. Paki yacho ine mamwe madzimba egranite akawanda.  Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzeYosemite dzine nzvimbo dzakanaka dzakadai seTuolumne Meadows, Dana Meadows, Clark Range, Cathedral Range, uye Kuna Crest. Sierra crest nePacific Crest Trail dzinopfuura neYosemite, ine misoro yematombo matsvuku, akadai seGomo reDana neGomo reGibbs, uye misoro yegranite, yakadai seGomo reConness. Gomo reLyell ndiro nzvimbo yakakwirira zvikuru mupaki yacho, yakamira pamamita 4.000 (4,120 feet). Lyell Glacier ndiyo glacier yakakura kupfuura dzose muYosemite National Park uye ndeimwe yevashomanana vasara muSierra Nevada.  Paki yacho ine miti mitatu yemiti yemasekoiya (Sequoiadendron giganteum); iyo Mariposa Grove (miti 200), iyo Tuolumne Grove (miti 25), uye iyo Merced Grove (miti 20). Rudzi urwu runokura zvikuru mumwero kupfuura rumwe rupi norupi uye nderumwe rwemirefu zvikurusa uye runorarama kwenguva refu zvikurusa.  Mvura nechando  Rwizi rwaMerced runoyerera nomumupata une chimiro cheU weYosemite Valley Tuolumne neMerced Rwizi rwunoyerera rwuchibva muchikomo cheSierra Nevada chiri mupaki uye rune makoronga erwizi akadzika mamita 910 kusvika ku1 220. Rwizi rweTuolumne runodurura chikamu chose chokuchamhembe chepaka, nharaunda inenge makiromita 1.800 mativi mana. Rwizi rweMerced runotanga mumakomo ekumaodzanyemba epaki, kunyanya Cathedral neClark Ranges, uye runoyerera nzvimbo inosvika 511 mativi emakiromita (1,320 km2).  Nzira dzinoitwa mvura, kusanganisira glaciation, mafashamo, uye kuyerera kwemvura, zvave zvichikosha pakugadzira nzvimbo dziri mupaki. Paki yacho inewo madziva anenge 3.200 (anopfuura mamita 100), madziva maviri, uye nzizi dzinosvika makiromita 2.700 - dzose dzichiumba madziva maviri makuru aya. Nzvimbo dzakanyorova muYosemite dzinowanikwa mumupata wepasi pose mupaki, uye dzinowanzosanganiswa nemvura nemadhamu ari pedyo uye nzizi kuburikidza nemafashamo emwaka uye kufamba kwemvura yepasi. Nzvimbo dzomumapani, dzakapararira pakakwirira kubva pa 3,000 kusvika ku 11,000 tsoka (910 kusvika ku 3,350 m) mupaki, kazhinji kazhinji inharaunda dzine mvura, sezvinongoitawo nzvimbo dzomumhenderekedzo dzinowanikwa pamahombekombe etsime nenzizi zhinji dzeYosemite.   Bridalveil Falls inoyerera ichibva mumupata une chimiro cheU wakaumbwa negwara rechando. Yosemite inozivikanwa nokuwanda kwemapopoma ayo munzvimbo duku. Matombo akawanda, masitepisi echando nemipata yakaturikidzana iri mupaki yacho zvinopa nzvimbo dzakawanda dzokuti mapopoma emvura avepo, zvikurukuru mukati maApril, May, uye June (mwaka wechando chinonyunguduka). Iri muYosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls ndiyo yakakwirira muNorth America pamamita 739. Uyewo muYosemite Valley mune Ribbon Falls ine vhoriyamu yakaderera zvikuru, ine donhwe rakakwirira kupfuura mamwe ose, mamita 491. Zvichida chinonyanya kuzivikanwa pamapopoma emupata weYosemite iBridalveil Fall, inova mapopoma anoonekwa kubva paTunnel View viewpoint kumugumo wokumabvazuva kweWawona Tunnel. Mapopoma eWapama ari muHetch Hetchy Valley mumwe mapopoma akakurumbira. Mazana emapopoma asingagari kwenguva refu anogona kutanga kushanda mupaki pashure pemvura zhinji inonaya kana kuti chando chinonyunguduka.  Madziva ose echando ari mupaki aya maduku zvikuru uye anogara munzvimbo dzine mumvuri, dzakadai semakona anoona kuchamhembe uye kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Lyell Glacier ndiyo glacier yakakura kwazvo muYosemite (Palisades Glaciers ndiyo yakakura kwazvo muSierra Nevada) uye inofukidza maeka 160 (65 ha). Hapana rimwe remazaya echando eYosemite rinosara pamazaya echando eAlpine eIce Age akaumba nzvimbo yeYosemite. Panzvimbo pezvo, zvakaumbwa panguva yeimwe yezviitiko zve neoglacial zvakaitika kubvira pakunyunguduka kweIce Age (senge Little Ice Age). Makomo echando akawanda omuYosemite, akadai seBlack Mountain Glacier iyo yakawanikwa muna 1871 ndokunyangarika pakati pema1980, haasisiko. Makomo echando maviri okupedzisira eYosemite - Lyell neMaclure - akadzikira mumakore 100 apfuura uye masayendisiti anotarisira kuti pakupedzisira achanyangarika somugumisiro wokunyunguduka kwemvura uye kuchinja kwemamiriro okunze.
Kunyange zvazvo Yosemite National Park zvichida ichinyatsozivikanwa nokuda kwezvinhu zvinoyevedza zviri muYosemite Valley ine nharaunda inosvika makiromita manomwe akaenzana, paki yacho yakakura zvikuru uye ine zvinokwezva zvakakurumbira zvinovambira pamasango emiti mikuru yemiti yemusango, kusvika kumakomo echando nemapopoma, kusvika kumakomo akawanda egranite. Zvikuru matombo egranite anoyevedza mamiriyoni evashanyi gore roga roga, vakawanda vachiedza kukwira paari kana kuti kuona vamwe vachiita kudaro. Zviviri zvezvinonyanya kuzivikanwa iEl Capitan neHalf Dome.