{"id":12687,"date":"2021-01-19T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/?p=12687"},"modified":"2021-08-24T04:55:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T08:55:37","slug":"death-valley-usa-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/usa\/death-valley-usa-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley in California: the hottest place in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Death Valley<\/strong> is one of the best-known places in the USA. This national park has different records, although the best known is that of being the warmest place in the world.<\/p>\n

We tell you everything about the California Death Valley, the hottest place on the planet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

California Death Valley features<\/h2>\n

The Death Valley in the United States<\/a>, as its name indicates, is a desert valley<\/b> that is located in the State of California, in the southwest of the USA.<\/p>\n

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It has an area of 7,800 square kilometers<\/b> and a length of about 225 kilometers from north to south<\/b>.<\/p>\n

It is located inside the Death Valley National Park<\/b> and as a curiosity, you have to know that this national park is the biggest in the USA, only behind those in the State of Alaska.<\/p>\n

Another curiosity of the “Valle de la Muerte”<\/strong> is that there we can find the lowest point in all of North America<\/b>. The Amargosa River<\/b> basin is responsible for this record. It is a small pool of water, known as Badwater Basin<\/b>, which has its lowest point at -86 meters below sea level<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Where is Death Valley in California<\/h2>\n

It is located very close to Las Vegas<\/b>, about 200 kilometers west of the city, so it must be one of your mandatory Las Vegas activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition, it is located in the Mojave Desert<\/b>, which in turn, is within the “Parque Nacional del Valle de la Muerte”.<\/p>\n

Although there are countless national parks in the United States, visitors consider Death Valley National Park as one of the best national parks in the entire United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Temperature in Death Valley in the USA<\/h2>\n

Scientists claim that the Valley of Death is the hottest and driest place in the world<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Although there are several historical records of the maximum temperature reached, the truth is that these data are not official, as it is believed that they were badly measured.<\/p>\n

In contrast, at 2020<\/b>, California’s Death Valley recorded a new official worldwide temperature record<\/b>. On August 16, 2020, the thermometer reached 54.4\u00b0C!<\/b>, breaking the previous record held by this same place.<\/p>\n