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__Death Valley National Park__

__Park profile__-
+where is death death valley?................... Death Valley National Park is located in a shared area of California and Nevada (in the west of the United States). +how big is it?............. This area under protection (the park) is roughly 140 miles long from Last Chance Canyon to where the Amargosa River bends by Saratoga Springs. +climate/temperature....... The average temperatures in the summers vary from 115 0F to 88 0F and the average winter temperatures vary from 65 0F to 39 0F. +visitors per year...... The amount of visitors per year reaches 100,000. +POI (places of interest)...... The places that any visitor is recommended to see are the

-[|Bad Water Basin]................... ................



-[|Dante's View]..................................



-[|Mesquite Sand Dunes]....................



-[|Darwin falls]................

The Death Valley National Park was founded by nature of course but claimed as a national park in 1994 by president Hoover.
 * __History- __**

Long before there were any mines or small towns in the area the [|Timbisha Shoshone]tribe had been living there. This site is obviously

natural site because of the geography of it; it is a dessert with mountains and sand dunes. Death Valley got its name from a group of pioneers who got lost in the valley one winter and assumed it would be their grave and as they were rescued they looked back and said "good bye death valley" [|the lost 49'ers].

__ Environmental issues- __ The weather in Death Valley is of course very sunny and **VERY** hot since it is partly arid desert. DEath Valley consists of a wide desert with a mountain range and a few creeks and of course the Amargosa River. the ecosystems that can be found are dry sandy areas, mountainous terrain and creeks or small pools of water. The air here is very dry and hot there is extremely little rainfall per year at one time no rainfall has been recorded! This area has no fire or hydrothermal activity but the [|Death Valley fault]is intersected by the eastern lateral end of the Garlock fault. Suprisingly there are quite a bit of animals that live in such a barren environment some being the desert tortoise, desert iguana, collard lizard, silver haired bat, and many many more.



__ RECREATION!! __ why would i come to a desert? what's there to do?

-theres hiking, biking, birdwatching, camping you name it!

-the sunsets here are amazing also!

Ella's Comment: I like your pictures but they are a little small. If you worked on formatting them to be larger i think it would add alot to your page. Also, more information on some of the areas would be interesting. However overall i enjoyed your page marcos!

Joel's Comment: Marcos you have really good information but your pictures are a little too small. You should've had at least one video. Overall good job!