DEATH VALLEY

Death Valley is located in eastern California

• Death Valley is located in eastern California
• It is the lowest, hottest desert in North America
• It sits at 282 ft. below sea level

GEOGRAPHY OF DEATH VALLEY

• Death Valley is located near the border of California and Nevada
• Home to the eureka dunes, which reach 700ft. from the valley floor
• Surrounded by mountains and surface is mostly flat

CLIMATE

Death Valley has the highest recorded temperature at 134 degrees

Depth and shape of the valley influence summer temperatures

Has hot climate as well as long hot summers and short warm winters as well as little annual rainfall

PLANTS

PLANTS FROM DEATH VALLEY

• Engelmann hedgehog (cactus)
• Desert spiny star
• Beaver tail cactus
• Silver cholla
• Ink weed
• Bitter root
• Dead man's fingers
• Joshua tree

Death Valley is home to many species of cactus, such as the desert spiny star

Death Valley also has annual plants, one of which is dead man's fingers (above)

Death Valley also has many plants that grow low from the ground, such as ink weed and bitterroot

ANIMALS

BIRDS FROM DEATH VALLEY

• Great-tailed grackle
• Raven
• Vulture
• Golden eagle

HERBIVORES FROM DEATH VALLEY

• Black-tailed jackrabbit
• Antelope ground squirrel
• Kangaroo rat
• Horned lizard
• Desert woodrat

CARNIVORES FROM DEATH VALLEY

• Sidewinder (small)
• Barn owl (small)
• Black-collared lizard (small)
• Road runner (small)
• Mojave rattler (small)

CARNIVORES (CONTINUED)

• Kit fox (large)
• Coyote (large)
• Golden eagle (large)

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