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because it is a valley. --- Death Valley is surrounded by mountains, however.
death valley is a desert below sea level.YES - DEATH VALLEY IS A VALLEY. IT IS ABOUT 130 MILES LONG AND AT ITS WIDEST IT IS ABOUT 8 MILES. iT LIES PREDOMINANTLY BETWEEN THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST AND THE FUNERAL MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST. IT IS IN EVERY SENSE A VALLEY. AND IT IS IN FACT BELOW SEA LEVEL - AT ITS LOWEST IT IS 282 FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL AT BADWATER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DEATH VALLEY AND VIDEOS WITH COOL STUFF ON DEATH VALLEY SEE WWW.GOLDCREEKFILMS.COM
they are volcanos.
Death Valley has the rocky mountains next to it. The mountains are taller than the valley so they block the rain and cool winds from making death valley cooler so it has a hot and dry climate. Tall mountains do block the rain and cool winds but they are not the Rockies. To the West are the Panamints and to the East are the Funeral Mountains.
Yes, east of the sierra mountains.
Gravity
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the Sierra Nevada mountains and death Valley
Death Valley is a land form in itself and is a deep gorge where the earth has shifted apart from one another. Death Valley is a harsh place to live with mountains, sand dunes and flooded canyons.
there are hundreds of mountains and volcanos under the sea but there are so many that we do not know about so it is hard to say exactly how many
Trenchs, mountains, and volcanos
Yes,but mauna Lea,mauna loa, and the Haleakala all are volcanos mountains!