Rain Shadow Effect – Death Valley and Sequoia

Animated desert background with a scorpion in the foreground. A man's head is peeking up from the sand.

Death Valley is on the driest places in North America – but only about a 100 miles from a forest of Giant Sequoia trees. How can these two completely different ecosystems exist right next to each other?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KzSwFPL31o

Death Valley is one of the driest places in North America – but only about 100 miles from a forest of Giant Sequoia trees. How can these two completely different ecosystems exist right next to each other?

Animated Mr. C standing next to a chalkboard.

Line 'em Up (decimal song)

A man gestures to a superimposed image of two statues

Meso American Art

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