{"id":25325,"date":"2025-12-13T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T04:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25325"},"modified":"2025-12-13T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:31:10","slug":"death-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/death-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Death Valley National Park Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After record-breaking rains, an ancient lake in Death Valley national park that had vanished has returned to view.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Death Valley National Park<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> desert valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the southeastern part of <\/span><b>California, United States.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>hottest and driest place in North America,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>summer temperatures <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peaking above <\/span><b>120 degrees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and average <\/span><b>rainfall <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a mere <\/span><b>two inches per year.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the location of the <\/span><b>highest temperature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>134\u00b0F<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on July 10, 1913) <\/span><b>ever recorded in the United States.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also extreme are the park\u2019s elevations: <\/span><b>Badwater Basin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rests at 282 feet below sea level (the <\/span><b>lowest area in North America<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while <\/span><b>Telescope Peak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> soars to 11,049 feet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest national park <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>continental United States.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>rift valley, or a graben, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that has been<\/span><b> formed due to the sinking of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a huge expanse of <\/span><b>rock located between major block-faulted mountains <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">running parallelly in the east and west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>lies in the Great Basin to the east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>northern part of the Mojave Desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Death Valley hosts <\/span><b>landscapes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ranging from <\/span><b>snow-covered mountains and dunes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>wildflower-filled meadows and steep, rugged canyons.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Despite the low precipitation and extreme summer temperatures, Death Valley is home to many <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">diverse species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> several of which are <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">endemic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(found nowhere else in the world).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/12\/lake-manly-death-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death Valley National Park is a desert valley located in the southeastern part of California, United States. 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