Stop 1: Furnace Creek
If developments were created to successfully allot for a
water supply, how much would the ecosystem and biological characteristics of
the residential plant and animal live change?
Hydrology of the area is estimated at an annual rate of less
than 5 inches of water a year. By creating a canal at the base or lowest
elevation point- spring water could be discharged, although aquifer has been
applied before.
Stop 2: Mosaic Canyon
Periodic flash floods have occurred since the Paleozoic era,
has the alluvial fan changed? Water and sediment pressure that is carried
weakens the canyon curves by causing faults and hairline sculptures in the
walls of the canyon.
Stop 3: Death Valley
Dunes
Broken down sand-sized grains migrate by the wind, which can
be from multiple directions and speeds. Sand mountains create transverse winds,
thus changing the pattern of sand and creating a more complex trace- due to
this interaction. Although sediment changes the form of these dunes throughout
the valley, how does the dune itself stay anchored and remains resilient to the
core?
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