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Show Hie Galley nr llealli, SI rt Jloeftr J rt 1 Tho Valley of Death Is Ihe link tt tho Amateoa llvtr that has receivod tho 1 amo ol Death vnlley becaueo of theunhialtli) quality nf thu air. Iho Amirost rlvtrrite. lu the hills of Ihe Hltrra Nevada rangu In Neva la, about latltuduR7deg,Ardoulyn hw milts from tho t'AlltoruU liounuary It II iwa southwAtd nearl) larnlltl with that Ixniudarj for nbout ninety milts, thin iroisea Into Calif nnla, nnd -ooti dleaiitara In n sink or tho be I or n dry Inku at tho lo 1 of Ihe lleitlog Hurliu' moiintAlDit 'r m thli It 1 mergo.1 nnd llowa through lh' alliy still louthwurd nbnut aluy 1 lilts, when thu bed of ano tier dry U.oiAlkiH up. l.atrglnu from this, the river flows around the hllli, and al nl.iut thirty five degree. It turn, and tlowa towards tho uorthwi it one hun Ind mile, win 11 It alnka wholly oiilufalghtnndkiiowledgt, lu the famoui IJeatu Vnlley. This valley tain the county of Inyo. II la forty mile lou f by about 1 lht miles broau; In Itsdtcpcst rtltaled Ilea U.'J kel below tl 0 level of the sea, anl Ita rock) aldterlionKHoSodJfott ubovo 111 beit, l.vt ry part of the valley la deetil; thealr Is excusleely dry uul Intensely hot. Th tomtra hy and climate haTu noTer bten noitiratrl) observed, for no man ran Ihu long inough In tbo valley to asctrtaln the needtd lacU. The olonou. quality of the air h erhiia only Its li.uu-e hear, fur In th. coolest nud highest put ol Ihn valley thu thermometer often Indlcattaa tempt riitutc or 111 iligrus, It li aurmlsed, howuvtr, II at deadly gaaeeauay bo entitled from cracks In Ihu rocks, as thornlliy li undoubtedly of volcaulo formation. |