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- The hottest surface temperature ever recorded on Earth was recorded in Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913. The high that day reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit (or 56.7 degrees Celsius)! Death Valley is part of the Mojave Desert, which, along with the Sonoran desert, form one of the hottest deserts in the world. The next hottest temperature readings were recorded in: Sudan (127 F), Iran (128 F), Israel (129 F), Mali (130 F), Tunisia (131 F), and Libya (131 F)
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- Death Valley Area Plants This section is devoted to sharing information about and images of desert plants found in the Death Valley area, including the northern portion of the Mojave Desert. Plants shown on these pages can be found in Death Valley National Park or adjacent areas including Searles Valley, Panamint Valley, the Inyo Range, the Coso Wilderness, Saline Valley, or the White Mountains.
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Mojave Desert Badwater Death Valley 282 feet below sea level. The transition from the hot Sonoran Desert to the cooler and higher Great Basin is called the Mojave Desert. This arid region of southeastern California and portions of Nevada, Arizona and Utah, occupies more than 25,000 square miles.
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- Mojave, California. Mojave (formerly, Mohave) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Mojave is located 50 miles (80 km) east of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 2762 feet (842 m).
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Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert (pronunciation: /moʊˈhɑːvi/ mo(h)-HAH-vee) is a rain-shadow arid desert area that occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona in the United States.
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ROOT root hair-thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil. plant organ-a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus.
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5 Species of Plants in Death Valley Death Valley Phacelia: Phacelia vallis-mortae. Phacelia vallis-mortae is a species of phacelia known by the common name Death Valley phacelia. It is native to the Southwestern United States, where it grows in deserts such as Death Valley, mountains, plateau, and valley scrub habitat.eath Valley Phacelia: Phacelia vallis-mortae. Phacelia vallis-mortae is a species of phacelia known by the common name Death Valley phacelia. It is native to the Southwestern United States, where it grows in deserts such as Death Valley, mountains, plateau, and valley scrub habitat.
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- The Mojave Desert (pronounced: /mɵˈhɑːviː/ mo-hah-vee) is a rain shadow, mostly high desert area, that occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona in the United States.he Mojave Desert is often referred to as the high desert, in contrast to the low desert, the Sonoran Desert to the south.
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Geology of the Death Valley area The Death and Panamint valleys area from space. The elliptical depression to the left is the Searles Lake basin, the smaller linear valley is Panamint Valley and the larger one is Death Valley. The mountain range between Death and Panamint valleys is the Panamint Range and the Black Mountains bound the other side of Death Valley. (NASA image)
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Death Valley National Park Death Valley's plants supply themselves with water in one of two ways. Xerophytes generally have short roots and depend on ephemeral water that is above the water table; as a result, these plants are able to survive periods of protracted drought.esert holly is a xerophyte and the most drought-resistant plant in Death Valley. It grows on the hottest, driest and saltiest parts of the gravel fans where the ground is too dry and salty even for creosote bush —another xerophyte and the most common plant in the Lower Sonoran zone.
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US Geography Death Valley, on the other hand, is the hottest place in the United States with a world record high temperature of 134 degrees F and an average annual rainfall of less than 2 inches. The Mojave Desert is famous for the Joshua Tree (scientific name is yucca brevifolia).
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Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park includes all of Death Valley, a 130-mile-long north/south-trending trough that formed between two major block-faulted mountain ranges: the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west.
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Off-Road Travel: Death Valley â Part 1 Barker Ranch became part of Death Valley National Park in 1994. Tragically, the main house and workshop were destroyed in an accidental fire in May 2009 according to the Death Valley National Park/Department of the Interior.
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Desert Driving Desert Driving. California’s deserts — the Mojave, Death Valley, Owens Valley, etc. — are strange and beautiful, and form a large part of the state; they’re also surprisingly accessible, as long as you use some common sense and take a few precautions. Don’t be intimidated by the idea of driving through the great California deserts.
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Geology The geologic history of Death Valley is complex: it involves not only fault activity at various times, but also crustal sinking, volcanic activity and erosion.
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Death Valley Wildlife Death Valley National Park protects over 3 million acres of Mojave Desert, famous as the hottest, driest and lowest place in the nation. Despite those extremes it is home to a diverse amount of wildlife species: 56 mammals, 36 reptiles, 5 amphibians, 6 fish, and nearly 400 bird species have been found in the park.our species live in the park; the Devil's Hole pupfish is an endangered species. Roadrunner (bird) These ground-dwelling birds are found in the lower elevations of Death Valley. They eat lizards, insects, snakes, and small birds.
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- Palmdale Grammar School. Circa 1918-19. The Antelope Valley is located in the westernmost part of the Mojave Desert, and is approximately 3,000 square miles in size. On the northwest, the Valley is separated from the San Joaquin Valley by the Tehachapi Mountains.
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Desert Biome Facts One of the famous desert biomes out there is called Death Valley. It is located in the Mojave Desert which is in the United States. It spans through three states – Arizona, Nevada, and California. It is 25,000 square miles of sand as far as the eyes can see.ne of the famous desert biomes out there is called Death Valley. It is located in the Mojave Desert which is in the United States. It spans through three states – Arizona, Nevada, and California. It is 25,000 square miles of sand as far as the eyes can see.
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Death Valley National Park Desert holly is a xerophyte and the most drought-resistant plant in Death Valley. It grows on the hottest, driest and saltiest parts of the gravel fans where the ground is too dry and salty even for creosote bush —another xerophyte and the most common plant in the Lower Sonoran zone.
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Places of interest in the Death Valley area Titus Canyon is a narrow gorge in the Grapevine Mountains near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park. It features megabreccia and other rock formations, petroglyphs, and wildlife of various kinds, including bighorn sheep. Along the road to the canyon stands Leadfield, a ghost town dating to the 1920s.
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- While most of the Mojave Desert is sparsely populated, several large cities can be found there including Lancaster, Palmdale and Victorville in California, Henderson and Las Vegas (the largest) in Nevada, as well as St. George in Utah.hile the Mojave does not get nearly the amount of rainfall that the Sonoran desert to the south receives, monsoonal moisture will create thunderstorms as far west as California's Central Valley from mid-June through early September.
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Death Valley Claims New World Temperature Record 1 Elevation: Furnace Creek, home of the Death Valley Nat'l Park Visitor's Center, is roughly 190 feet below sea-level. Since air warms as it moves down, that extra elevation plunge adds extra heat.  It's a Desert: Only 2.26 of precipitation falls each year in the valley. The average evaporation rate: 150 a year.
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Spa for the Unpretentious Those seeking the Saline Valley’s hot springs in Death Valley National Park find ethereal isolation. Credit J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times. THE woman approaching the hot spring was wearing nothing except for my missing gray hat. I had been shivering in my sleeping bag all night without it. The dawn still hadn’t lifted the chill from the valley, which is encased like a tomb by snow-topped mountains.
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Mojave Desert While most of the Mojave Desert is sparsely populated, several large cities can be found there including Lancaster, Palmdale and Victorville in California, Henderson and Las Vegas (the largest) in Nevada, as well as St. George in Utah.he Mojave Desert is often referred to as the high desert, in contrast to the low desert, the Sonoran Desert to the south.
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Badwater Basin Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America, with a depth of 282 ft below sea level. Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, is only 84.6 miles to the northwest. The site itself consists of a small spring-fed pool of bad water next to the road in a sink; the accumulated salts of the surrounding basin make it undrinkable, thus giving it the name. The pool does h
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- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. Frolic among the dunes at Mesquite Flat. Nothing makes a better introduction to Death Valley than a visit to the 100-foot/30-meter-high Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. These aren't Death Valley’s tallest sand dunes (those are the Eureka Dunes, which require 4WD to reach)—but they are the most accessible.