Death+Valley

​ By: Caleb Wobig

__**Death Valley**__



Death Valley is located in California and Nevada. It became a park in 1933, it became Fedral protected in 1994. It is the hottest, driest, and second lowest below sea level in the nation! It is the second largest national park in the nation Its perimerter is 5,262 miles and the area is 4,774 miles square. 95 percent of the park is wilderness.

Death Valley is visited annually by more than 770,000 visiters. It was famous for mining untill 1994. They found borax in the caves! Borax is used to make soap.

In July of 1913 had 5 days consecutive days of 129*F or above. On July 10th, 1913 a record of 134*F stood as the HOTTEST day in the world for 9 years!