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Death Valley, Valley, southeastern California, U.S., that is the lowest, hottest, driest portion of North America. It is about 140 mi (225 km) long and 5–15 mi (8–24 km) wide. The Amargosa River flows into it from the south. Badwater Basin contains the lowest point in North America, 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. Death Valley was formerly an obstacle to pioneer settlers (hence its name). It later was a centre of borax mining. Declared a national monument in 1933, it was made a national park in 1994; the park covers 5,270 sq mi (13,650 sq km) and extends into Nevada.

California Summary

California, constituent state of the United States of America. It was admitted as the 31st state of the union on September 9, 1850, and by the early 1960s it was the most populous U.S. state. No version of the origin of California’s name has been fully accepted, but there is wide support for the

United States Summary

United States, country in North America, a federal republic of 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the

valley Summary

Valley, elongate depression of the Earth’s surface. Valleys are most commonly drained by rivers and may occur in a relatively flat plain or between ranges of hills or mountains. Those valleys produced by tectonic action are called rift valleys. Very narrow, deep valleys of similar appearance are

North America Summary

North America, third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles (800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles. It