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Death Valley: Hottest, Driest, Lowest -- All at Once
Death Valley holds three US records simultaneously: hottest reliably recorded temperature, driest spot in North America, and lowest point in the park system. We cover how the same mountain-boxed basin causes all three, from convection-oven heat trapping to rain-shadow dryness to active tectonic sinking at Badwater Basin.
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