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By Sita DahalPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Death Valley is a desert valley in eastern California north of the Mojave Desert near the Great Basin. The hottest, dryest, and lowest national park and the most extreme of lands. Death Valley is one of the hottest places on earth, much hotter than the deserts of the Middle East and the Sahara in summer.

Founded on October 24, 1994, Death Valley is a beautiful and challenging area with unique wildlife that has made a complex adaptation to the arid and harsh environment. It is located in California and Nevada and is the largest national park in the Lower 48 states and roads of more than 1,000 miles provide access to the most popular and remote areas of the park. In addition to the scorching desert, the park offers visitors the most spectacular scenery of the plains you can explore: from snow-capped parks climbing high mountains to lush green pastures and small oases that offer tranquility in the heart of the endless desert plains.

Death Valley National Park is the hottest place in the world, the lowest in North America, and the driest in the Americas. Located on the southeastern border of California and Nevada, the park covers some 10,000 square miles [5,000 sq km]. The Death Valley and Badwater Basin have the lowest elevation in the United States, at 300 feet [86 m] above sea level.

Death Valley is located in Inyo County, California, on the border between California and Nevada on the Great Basin Desert east of Sierra Nevada and forms a large part of Death Valley National Park and is a major feature of the Mojave and Colorado Desert Biosphere Reserves. The history of the formation of the valley is complex and encompasses, in addition to the sinking of the earth's crust and volcanic activity, a wide variety of errors from different eras. Death Valley is a valley or canal formed by the immersion of a large rock mass equal to the elevation and elevation of the mountains to the east and west.

At 282 meters above sea level, Badwater Basin is a landmark that delights the senses. Many visitors confuse the snow-covered soil with the salt flats in the valley. In the glacier of the Pleistocene 50,000 years ago, a lake, Lake Manly, filled the Valley Valley with a depth of more than 700 feet [180 m].

walk through the colorful craters and see landmarks such as the Badwater Basin 282 feet above sea level, the lowest spot in North America. The lake is characterized by a radiant appearance of geometry and summer temperatures. Get up early and look at how the landscapes glow gold in the first light of day before you reach Zabriskie Point.

The clear, dry air and the rare plant cover allow sunlight to warm the desert. Moving a large amount of hot air through-hole, has created a high temperature. The morning sun paints the Panamint Range and Death Valley in pink and purple.

Temperatures in Death Valley have risen to 130 degrees Celsius last Sunday, August 16, 2020. It was the hottest temperature recorded on Earth since 1913, a time before meteorology was as accurate as it is today. According to the National Weather Service, Death Valley, California recorded a maximum temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday and 129.4 degrees on Saturday. The hottest spot on Earth and the hottest spot on earth, at least in terms of temperature in modern times.

Viewing the map, visitors will discover many features of Death Valley National Park listed, including Funeral Mountain, Hells Gate, Hungvation Canyon, Dead Man Pass, Golden Canyon, Ubehebe Crater, Mosaic Canyon, Salt Creek, Zabriskie Point, Mesquite Flats, Sand Dunes and Coffins Peak. The area was named Death Valley by a group of Europeans and Americans trapped in the area in 1849 in search of a shortcut to California's goldfields. As a race track, the Playa in Death Valley exposes itself to cracks in the desert, leaving long distances and numerous intrigues.

So far, only a handful of boom cities have sprung up in the well-known valley, but, as you can imagine, the harsh conditions of the environment did not last long. The first hike in Central California to Death Valley National Park takes you to Darwin Falls, where a year-round crossing flows into the green valley and you will learn why you should not judge a national park by its name.

If you are looking for more than a resort motel, choose the renovated Inn Valley Death Valley and the Furnace Creek Inn ($ 225), a 66-room state-of-the-art machine space with 22 contemporary dry spaces. The most affordable options include the family-owned Panamint Spring Resort ($ 25 to $ 23 per motel room and cabinet or tent), 83 room Stoppe Wells Village Hotel ($ 160), and Ranch of Death Valley ($ 125 to $ $ 224 per room) off Highway 190, across from the National Park Service Visitor Center. The visitor center is located north of Ofenbach spa on California Highway 190.

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Sita Dahal

Hello, I am Sita Dahal, I am an artist and love roaming around the globe.

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