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Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer. [3] Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1]
Death Valley is the fifth-largest American national park and the largest in the contiguous United States. It is also larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined, and nearly as large as Puerto Rico. [10] In 2013, Death Valley National Park was designated as a dark sky park by the International Dark-Sky Association. [11]
Name Country Depth Notes / references 1: Dead Sea: Jordan – West Bank – Israel: −430 m (−1,411 ft) lowest land in Asia and the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank –
Death Valley is known as America’s hottest, driest and lowest national park. It holds the Guiness World Record for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere: 134 degrees on July 10, 1913 ...
In 2022, over 1 million people visited the national park. Here’s what we know about the valley dubbed as one of the hottest places on Earth
In the west, Death Valley National Park could set a new world record for the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded, while in Arizona, emergency responders were treating people for second ...
Rogers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain of the Panamint Range, [3] and it is set within Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert.Precipitation runoff from this mountain's east slope drains to Death Valley via Hanaupah Canyon, whereas the west slope drains to Panamint Valley via Wildrose and Tuber canyons.
The World Wildlife Fund lists the Mojave Desert as relatively "stable/intact". [2] Various habitats and regions of the Mojave Desert have been protected by statute. Notably, Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park, and the Mojave National Preserve by the California Desert Protection Act of 1994. (Pub.L. 103–433). Various other ...