A sign marks the lowest point in North America -- 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level -- at a place called Badwater in Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California, USA. That low spot is in the Badwater Basin, a salt pan that sometimes holds water from an underground spring and infrequent rainfalls but most often is dried up by evaporation because of high desert temperatures that can reach 120° F (49° C) in summer. Badwater gets its name from accumulated salts in the basin that make any water there unsuitable for drinking.
A sign marks the lowest point in North America -- 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level -- at a place called Badwater in Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California, USA. That low spot is in the Badwater Basin, a salt pan that sometimes holds water from an underground spring and infrequent rainfalls but most often is dried up by evaporation because of high desert temperatures that can reach 120° F (49° C) in summer. Badwater gets its name from accumulated salts in the basin that make any water there unsuitable for drinking.
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Location: off Badwater Road in Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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