MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHICAL WORLD

In winter time the desert receives a thin layer of snow occassionaly. In summer temperature ranges from 95 to 110 F. The hottest place in North America (120F), Death Valley is a part of Mojave desert. The name is derived from the effects of mirage caused by dry, hot sands of the desert. The first white settlers entered the death valley in 1870's. The death valley is also infamous for its ghost towns