death valley

     

Death Valley is the lowest, riest and hottest valley in the United States. It is the location of the lowest elevation in North America at 85.5 m (281 ft) below sea level. It holds the record highest temperature in Western hemisphere and world's second highest. Located southeast of the Sierra Nevada range in the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert, it constitutes much of Death Valley National Park. It runs north-south between the Amargosa Range to the east and the Panamint Range to the west; the Sylvania Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It has an area of about 3,000 square miles (~7,800 km²).

Trivia about death valley

  • A spot in this California nat'l park is the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere -- 282' below sea level
  • Enjoy the simple things, like a sunny day; in 1913 this "morbid" California region hit a balmy 134 degrees
  • Apprpriately, you'll find the Black & Funeral Mountains in this "mournful" region of California
  • The wind-blocking Panamint Range helps keep this lowest area of the U.S. hot & dry
  • Sounds morbid, but it's the lowest point in California & in all of the U.S.
  • At 282 feet below sea level, it's California's, and the USA's, lowest point
  • 43 consecutive days of 120º heat were recorded in this appropriately named Calif. valley
  • "Borax Bill" Parkinson was one of the top 20-Mule Team drivers that used to haul borax out of this valley
  • It was made a national park in 1994
  • Elevations in this park range from 282 feet below sea level to the 11,049-foot high Telescope Peak
  • This "lowest point" figured in Ronald Reagan's career
  • In the Wonders of America stamp series, the "Hottest Spot", this California site, has a picture that fits the name
  • In 1960 it got up to 129 at curiously named Greenland Ranch in this grim California valley
  • Scotty's Castle in this sweltering national park was built by insurance magnate Albert Johnson in the 1920s
  • This California desert valley was named by gold seekers, many of whom didn't survive the crossing of it
  • You may not want to visit this national park in July, when the average high is about 115 degrees--what a "killer"!
  • At 282 feet below sea level, a spot in this valley is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
  • Greenland Ranch Station was the odd name of the spot in this U.S. area where a thermometer hit 134 on July 10, 1913
  • The 18 survivors out of a party of 30 who made a trek through this valley in 1849 gave it its name
  • This desert region whose name sounds a bit morbid contains the lowest point in the U.S.
  • After getting lost crossing a California desert & suffering intensely, emigrants gave the area this name

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