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Death Valley Geology

Erosion and Deposit
Concurrent with the down-dropping has been slow, but continous erosion. Water carries rocks, sand and gravel down from surrounding hills and deposits them on the valley floor. Beneath Badwater lies more than 9,000 feet of accumulated sediments and salts.

photo of eroded slope in Death Valley

Eroded slope

GLOSSARY

> deposition, erosion

DEATH VALLEY GEOLOGY

Ancient Seas
Warped Mountains
Traveling Volcanos
Basin and Range
Erosion and Deposit
Lost Lakes
Yesterday's Volcano
Shape of the Future

Also see > Walk Through Time

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