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The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes were formed mainly through weathering and erosion. Less than one percent of Death Valley’s desert is covered in sand. These dunes were formed as canyons were eroded and their sediment was transferred (Sand Dunes, n.d., para. 1-2).

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Death Valley 4K Time Lapse & Panorama Into

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Virtual Hike: Sunset at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park

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Located in the near dead-center of Death Valley National Park, the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are the most well-known and easily accessible sand dunes in the entire park. Visitors will find the sand dunes parking area along Highway 190, 2.2 miles east of Stovepipe Wells.

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Death Valley’s main attractions include the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Badwater Basin, Zabriskie Point,  Ubehebe Crater, and the Spring Wildflowers (Law, n.d.).

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The human impact of the ecosystem could use improvement. This means that humans need to pick up  their trash because the animals are eating the all the trash.

The ecosystem is a desert ecosystem, this means that there is normal desert plants and animals. Also they have Tamarisk family of plants and little inch long fish.

Since the discovery of gold in Death Valley, California it became a mining haven. From the late 1800 to the early 1900 death valley was a place to become rich from mining. However today the mining has stopped, but the damage is already done and can not be reversed.(Death Valley National Park, para 1)

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The temperature for the summer often tops 120℉ during the day and 90℉ at night. The average rainfall is less than 2 inches.

The long term weather patterns will make the plants in Death Valley more scares and grow at an even slower rate.

Global warming will make Death Valley hotter and drier. Due to the fact death valley is located between two tectonic plates the basin continues to subside and the mountains rises more and more. This will happen because the tectonic plate will warm up causing them to rise up.  (Death Valley National Park)

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Death Valley contains extreme variation in topography. It contains the the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level, but has a maximum elevation of 11,043 feet (Death Valley National Park, 2015, para. 7).

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Death valley is at 282 ft below sea level with many rocks that go way back to 1.7 billion years ago.

Albert Mussey Johnson was the main who was the founder of death valley so was his dad but after an accident happened his dad died. So he took over and when he passed away his fortune went to the gospel foundation.

The purpose of Death Valley national park is to have a public place where people can walk through Death Valley.  This National Park is the hottest, lowest, and driest national park, so this gives a place where people can experience that.

Death valley got its name from a group of pioneers who were lost there around the 1850 and one of the groups died. So they said that the valley was going to be where they would die. But they were eventually rescued and before they left they called the place death valley.