All places and regions have their own unique traits from whatever aspect we are looking at them. The way of functioning, the culture, are determined by the geographical conditions that are found at certain place. It might be the amount of sunlight, the geostrategic position, the amount of rain, the amount of wind, is it a lowland or it's a high altitude place or region, is there rivers and how big they are, etc... All geographical factors influence the common cultures, and it is very easy to notice if you make a comparison between the cultures that are found around the Mediterranean with the ones in Scandinavia for example, and how much and what way the geographical factors are influencing the cultures.
This is an endocrine basin in the death valley of California and is noted as the lowest point in the north America and is has a depth of 282 feet below the sea level. This site itself consists of a pool of bad water and is next to the road in the sink and has accumulated slats that surround the basin and is thus is undrinkable and thus has got this name.
