In this area, called "basin and range", death valley is growing. Even as the basins and ranges form, erosion wears down the mountains. Debris from the…
The basin is more than 280m below see level. The sea level sign is high up a cliff.
The basin is more than 280m below see level. The sea level sign is high up a cliff.
In the low valley bottom, the desert sun heats the air. The valley steep mountain walls trap rising hot air and recirculates it down to the basin for further…
Badwater pool is salty. It is home to one of Death Valley's rarest animals: the badwater snail. These tiny mollusks exist only in a few springs at the edge…