- Context (DTE): Badwater Basin in Death Valley has defied its arid reputation by hosting an ephemeral lake for an extended period.
- An ephemeral lake is a temporary body of water that appears and disappears based on specific conditions.
- These lakes are often associated with arid or desert regions, where rainfall is infrequent.
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- Badwater Basin is situated in Death Valley, known as the driest place in North America.
- In August 2023, Hurricane Hilary triggered the formation of a lake in Badwater Basin.
- In February 2024, an atmospheric river replenished the lake’s waters.
- Badwater Basin is endorheic, meaning that water flows into but not out of it.
- Badwater Basin is the lowest elevation point in North America, lying 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level.
- It is only 84.6 miles east-southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the United States.
- Death Valley, with an average annual rainfall of only 51 millimetres, received a remarkable 125 mm in the past six months.
Death Valley
- Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert.
- It is thought to be the hottest place on Earth during summer.
- Death Valley is home to the Timbisha tribe of Native Americans, who have inhabited the valley for at least the past millennium.
- Death Valley is a graben, a downdropped block of land between two mountain ranges.
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