===Rocks and erosion===Almost all of the landforms in the Yosemite area are cut from the granitic rock of the Sierra Nevada Batholith (a batholith is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock that formed deep below the surface).
Letno število obiskovalcev je več kot 3,5 milijona, večina je skoncentrirana v 18 km2 področja Yosemite Valley.