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6732 ft

Panamint Mountains
Panamint Mountains
Panamint Mountains

Furnace
Creek

Death Valley
Death Valley
Death Valley

Badwater
Basin
Amargosa Mountains
Amargosa Mountains
Amargosa Mountains
• –282 ft

FIGURE 14.2 Perspective view of Mojave Desert, Death Valley, California, looking northwest. Width of view is about 20 km
(12.5 miles). The lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level) is labeled in Badwater Basin at the bottom of the image. Tucki
Mountain, at the top of the image, is 6732 feet above sea level. Death Valley is also the driest and hottest location in North America. Note the
lack of vegetation. (ASTER true-color satellite image draped over an ASTER elevation model. Courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS,
and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.)

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