Some of the Death Valley landmarks

The Amargosa Range is a mountain range in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada. A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and south of Yosemite Nye County is a County located in the US state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 32485 The 110 mile (180 km) range runs along most of the eastern side of California's Death Valley, separating it from Nevada's Amargosa Desert. Death Valley is the lowest driest and hottest Valley in the United States. The Amargosa Desert is located in western Nevada, USA, along the border with California. The U-shaped Amargosa River flows clockwise around the perimeter of the range, ending 282 ft (82 m) below sea level at Badwater. The Amargosa River is an intermittent stream approximately 200 mi (320 km long in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States Badwater is a basin in California 's Death Valley, noted as the lowest point in North America, with an Elevation of below sea

The mountain range is named after the Amargosa River, so-named for the Spanish word for bitter because of the bitter taste of the water. ^[1]

In order from north to south, the Grapevine Mountains (including the range's highest point, 8,738 ft (2,663 m) Grapevine Peak), the Funeral Mountains, and the Black Mountains form distinct sections. The Grapevine Mountains are located along the eastern border of California in the United States. The Funeral Mountains are a short arid Mountain range in the United States along the California - Nevada border approximately 100 mi (160 The Black Mountains of California are located in the eastern part of the state in Death Valley National Park. Many of Death Valley National Park's most well-known features, such as Zabriskie Point and Artists Drive are located in or are part of the Amargosa Range. Death Valley National Park is a mostly Arid United States National Park located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Inyo County Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located in Death Valley National Park in the United States noted for its Erosional landscape

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