HOTTEST, DRIEST, LOWEST

In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes. Yet, each extreme has a striking contrast. Towering peaks are frosted with winter snow. Rare rainstorms bring vast fields of wildflowers. Lush oases harbor tiny fish and refuge for wildlife and humans. Despite its morbid name, a great diversity of life survives in Death Valley.

For more information on visiting Death Valley National Park, follow this link-

http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm

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Death Valley National Park is a national park that is located east of the Sierra Nevada, occupying an interface zone between the arid Great Basin and Mojave deserts in the United States. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes, badlands, valleys, canyons, and mountains. It is the largest national park in the lower 48 states and has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve. Approximately 95% of the park is a designated wilderness area. It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the U.S. It contains the point of the lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet below sea level, and the the highest point in the contiguous U.S. with an elevation of 14,505 feet. Death Valley's Furnace Creek also holds the record for the highest reliably recorded air temperature in the world at 134 °F (56.7 °C).