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The 13 pages that link to Yosemite Valley, each with the reason it gives.

• John MuirBroader topic: Muir’s close study of the valley’s landscape became central to his arguments for protecting it.

• U-shaped valleyBroader topic: Its broad floor and steep sides display a classic glacial trough form.

• Yosemite National ParkBroader topic: Its cliffs and valley floor form the park’s most recognizable landscape.

• Sierra Nevada batholithBroader topic: Its iconic cliffs expose granitic rocks belonging to the batholith.

• Glacial valleyBroader topic: Its cliffs and broad floor display the scale of glacial sculpting in hard bedrock.

• ValleyBroader topic: Its cliffs and broad floor make glacial valley form visible at landscape scale.

• GranodioriteBroader topic: Its cliffs expose granodioritic rocks of the Sierra Nevada batholith.

• BatholithBroader topic: Its cliffs expose granites belonging to the Sierra Nevada batholith.

• Carleton WatkinsBroader topic: Repeated visits to this valley became the defining subject of Watkins’s career.