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Originally posted by christoph
ah.. so wind and water can destroy a city, toss around 18 wheelers like paper planes but it cant move some tiny rocks with the help of a slippery clay surface and and constant ice getting thrown at it
Death Valley is the hottest and driest place in North America because of its lack of surface water and its low relief. It is so frequently the hottest spot in the United States that many tabulations of the highest daily temperatures in the country omit Death Valley as a matter of course.
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