TRANSLATE 5. Death Valley is an area of 8.367km2 and sorrounds a wide valley flanked of two tall mountain ranges. We reached the valley after 320km at noon.

We visited Badwater, the lowest point of USA. Than we took a side-trip to the view-point Dantes View at 1677m. There we had a fantastic panorama over Death Valley.

The extreme of this region can be proved as follows:
Highest measured temperature:....................56,7°C
Lowest measured temperature:.....................-9,4°C
Lowest rainfall in 1 jear:.....................................0,0mm
Highest rainfall in 1 jear:..................................116mm
Highest point:...........................................................3368m
Lowest point:....................................................-86m

Move on:  1.Los Angeles  2.San Francisco  3.Yosemite  4.Sequoia  5.Death Valley   6.Las Vegas  7.Bryce Canyon  8.Lake Powell  9.Monument Valley   10.Grand Canyon  11.San Diego  12.Six Flags und Santa Monica