Definition of death valley Death valley
Death Val•ley
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| death valley - a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America | ||
| calif., california, golden state, ca a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes | ||
| battle born state, nevada, nv, sagebrush state, silver state a state in the southwestern United States | ||
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Death Valley is a valley in the U.S. state of California. It is a desert, and it is southeast of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Death Valley is a part of the Mojave Desert. It is the most important part of Death Valley National Park.
Death Valley has many famous and unusual geographical features in it. Some of these features include sand dunes, salt flats, colorful rocks, and tall mountains. One feature, named Badwater, is the lowest place in North America. It is 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. The salt flats are another famous feature in Death Valley. Salt flats are very unusual. They are large, flattened areas where the surface of the ground is covered by salt instead of dirt. The salt that makes up a salt flat can be many inches or centimeters deep. The salt flats were created because thousands of years ago, Death Valley was underwater. Death Valley was covered by a lake that was named Lake Manly by geologists (scientists who study the Earth). Lake Manly used to be very large, but changes in the weather caused the rivers that brought water into the lake to dry up. After a long time, the water in Lake Manly began to dry up too. As the water dried, it left behind all the minerals that the rivers had brought to it along with their water. As these minerals dried, they created a crust (a brittle outer layer) of salt and other minerals on top of the dirt. Many lakes and seas in other parts of the world are drying up in the same way. The Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of U
