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Death Valley, California

Death Valley, California

Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places in the world along with deserts in the Middle East.

Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet ( 86 m. ) below sea level. This point is 84.6 miles ( 136.2 km ) east - southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet ( 4,421 m ). On the afternoon of July 10, 1913, the United States Weather Bureau recorded a high temperature of 134 °F ( 56.7 °C ) at Furnace Creek in Death Valley. This temperature stand as the highest ambient air temperature ever recorded at the surface of the Earth.

Located near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountain, Death Valley constitutes much of Death Valley National Park and is the principal feature of the Mojave and Colorado DesertsBiosphere  Reserve. It is located mostly in lnyo County, California. It runs from north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west; the Grapevine Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains from its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It has an area of about 3,000 sq mi ( 7,800 km ). The highest point in Death Valley itself is Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range, which has an elevation of 11,403 feet ( 3,366 m ).

Death Valley, California

As the hottest, driest and lowest national park, Death Valley is a land of extremes. More than just a scorching desert, Death Valley offers park visitors a striking contrast of landscapes to explore from the snow that frosts the Park's towering peaks to the lush wildflower meadows and small oases that provide a reprieve from the heat to seemingly endless desert plains.

Established on October 24, 1994, Death Valley National Park is a beautiful but challenging landscape where unique wildlife have developed ingenious adaptations to the arid, harsh environment. Located in both California and Nevada, it's the largest national park in the lower 48 states and has nearly 1,000 miles of roads that provide access to both popular ans remote locations in the park. In celebration of the park's anniversary, here are 12 things you might not have known about Death Valley!