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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Death Valleynoun

    a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America

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  1. Death Valleynoun

    A valley in California and Nevada, remarkable for being the lowest-elevated place in North America.

Wikipedia

  1. Death Valley

    Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places in the world at the height of summertime along with deserts in the Middle East.Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. This point is 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). Death Valley's Furnace Creek holds the record for the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth at 134 °F (56.7 °C) on July 10, 1913, as well as the highest recorded natural ground surface temperature on Earth at 201 °F (93.9 °C) on July 15, 1972.Located near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Death Valley constitutes much of Death Valley National Park and is the principal feature of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve. It is located mostly in Inyo County, California. It runs from north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west; the Grapevine Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It has an area of about 3,000 sq mi (7,800 km2). The highest point in Death Valley itself is Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range, which has an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m).

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  1. death valley

    Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California, within the Mojave Desert. It is one of the hottest places on earth, known for its extreme temperatures, unique wildlife, and picturesque landscapes. It earns its name due to its harsh, inhospitable conditions. As the lowest, driest, and hottest area in North America, it is notably characterized by its salt flats, sand dunes, badlands, valleys, canyons, and mountains. It is considered a National Park which attracts thousands of tourists annually.

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  1. Death Valley

    Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it is the lowest and driest area in North America. Death Valley holds the record for the highest recorded temperature on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below sea level. This point is 84.6 miles east-southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet. Death Valley's Furnace Creek holds the record for the highest reliably reported air temperature in the world, 134 °F on July 10, 1913. Located near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Death Valley constitutes much of Death Valley National Park and is the principal feature of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve. It is located mostly in Inyo County, California. It runs from north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west; the Sylvania Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It has an area of about 3,000 sq mi. Death Valley shares many characteristics with other places below sea level.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of death valley in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of death valley in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of death valley in a Sentence

  1. National Park Service:

    All roads into and out of Death Valley National Park are currently closed and will remain closed until park staff can assess the extensiveness of the situation.

  2. Gavin Heffernan:

    Some of my favorite spots were the Eureka Dunes at Death Valley, Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, and the Enchanted Highway in North Dakota, there's lots of gems out there but my favorite spots are where you can imagine you're on another planet.

  3. Pedram Javaheri:

    Death Valley would not only shatter daily records for all four days, making Death Valley the hottest September run of heat on record, but also set a new September all-time high.

  4. Park Ranger Alan Van Valkenburg:

    There are so many seeds out there, just waiting to sprout, waiting to grow, death Valley really does go from being a valley of death to being a valley of life, but that’s so brief, because it’s not a permanent thing.

  5. Charles Cuvelier:

    They expect to complete clean-up efforts at Death Valley and at Crater Lake national parks as weather permits. the resolution of this case sends a message to those who would consider such inappropriate behavior going forward.


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