“Today Death Valley national park is the largest of any national park in the …show more content…
It consists of canyons, mountains, sand dunes, and peaks. There are famous geological points to explore from Telescope Peak to the Ubehebe Crater. “These are just some of the things that faults created, like Ubehebe Crater which was a volcanic crater which is 600 ft. deep.” (Death Valley) “From an elevation of 1000 meters at the north end, the land slopes down steadily and for 70 miles the floor is below sea level, reaching a low point of -282 feet (-86 meters) at Badwater, the lowest point in the Western hemisphere.” (Death Valley National Park) Less than one percent of Death Valley’s desserts are sand dunes. Even though Death Valley is one of the hottest places, this does not stop life from thriving in different elevations throughout the park. “The range of live that live vary from including 51 species of native mammals, 307 species of birds, 36 species of reptiles, three species of amphibians, and five species and one subspecies of native fishes.” (Death Valley) The big horn sheep that live in the park are very adaptable to the hot climates and eat about any type of