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Surprising Facts About Death Valley, the Hottest Place on Earth Nov 23, 2024

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Surprising Facts About Death Valley, the Hottest Place on Earth


































































By Eshana Saha
Published Nov 23, 2024


Hindustan Times

Lifestyle

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Scorching Secrets: Surprising Facts About Death Valley, the Hottest Place on Earth











The highest recorded temperature in the world was recorded in Death Valley’s Furnace Creek at 134 Fahrenheit in July 1913.



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Death Valley is the driest place in the country. In 1929, there was not a single drop of rain recorded in Death Valley. 



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Death Valley is home to North America's lowest point, Badwater Basin, which lies at 282 feet below sea level.



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Death Valley is only 76 miles from the highest point in the country, Mt. Whitney, with an elevation of 14,505 feet. In other words, the lowest and highest points in the US are less than 100 miles apart!



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Life abounds in Death Valley! The Park is home to more than 1000 species of plants (including 50 that are found nowhere else in the world), 300 species of birds, 51 species of mammals, 36 species of reptiles and a handful of amphibian and fish species.



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Not only have artists flocked there over the centuries, but a variety of mines and way-stations have come and gone since the mid-1800s. Most have disappeared to time, but a few ghost towns still exist along with their stories of hauntings.



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