Title: Death Valley - Wikipedia
Headings: Death Valley
Death Valley
Contents
Geology
Climate
Flooding
Ecology
History
Notable attractions and locations
In popular culture
Films
Music
Television
See also
References
External links

Content: It has an area of about 3,000 sq mi (7,800 km 2 ). The highest point in Death Valley National Park is Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, which has an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m). Contents
1 Geology
2 Climate
2.1 Flooding
3 Ecology
4 History
5 Notable attractions and locations
6 In popular culture
6.1 Films
6.2 Music
6.3 Television
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Geology
Main article: Geology of the Death Valley area
Map showing the system of once-interconnected Pleistocene lakes in eastern California (USGS)
Death Valley is a graben —a downdropped block of land between two mountain ranges. It lies at the southern end of a geological trough, Walker Lane, which runs north to Oregon. The valley is bisected by a right lateral strike slip fault system, comprising the Death Valley Fault and the Furnace Creek Fault. The eastern end of the left lateral Garlock Fault intersects the Death Valley Fault. Furnace Creek and the Amargosa River flow through part of the valley and eventually disappear into the sands of the valley floor. Death Valley, California, July 3, 2017, Sentinel-2 true-color satellite image, scale 1:250,000. Death Valley also contains salt pans.