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Tourists enjoy the rare opportunity to walk in water as they visit Badwater Basin, normally the driest place in the U.S., in Death Valley National Park, California on Feb. 19, 2024.
Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America and the United States, with a depth of 282 ft (86 m) below sea level. [1] [2] Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, is only 84.6 miles (136 km) to the northwest. [3]
Shorelines of ancient Lake Manly are preserved in several parts of Death Valley, but nowhere is the record as clear as at Shoreline Butte. Several lakes have occupied Death Valley since the close of the Pleistocene epoch 10,000 years ago, but these younger lakes were quite shallow compared to Lake Manly (See Badwater and Devils Golf Course above).
Lake Manly was a pluvial lake in Death Valley, California.It forms occasionally in Badwater Basin after heavy rainfall, but at its maximum extent during the so-called "Blackwelder stand," ending approximately 120,000 years before present, the lake covered much of Death Valley with a surface area of 1,600 square kilometres (620 sq mi).
A paddle boarder paddles through water Thursday at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif. Kayakers and visitors have flocked to the park to take advantage of the ephemeral waters ...
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Death Valley will reopen access to Furnace Creek, the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Zabriskie Point and Dante's View, and Badwater. But many roads will be closed. Death Valley will likely reopen Oct. 15.