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Inyo County topographic maps
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Badwater Basin
United States > California > Inyo County
The pool is not the lowest point of the basin: the lowest point (which is only slightly lower) is several miles to the west and varies in position, depending on rainfall and evaporation patterns. The salt flats are hazardous to traverse (in many cases being only a thin white crust over mud), and so the sign…
Average elevation: 499 ft