(1) California is generally known for its dry hot weather.
(2) No wonder, one of the (DRY) ________ places in North America, Death Valley, is located in Southern California.
(3) An average of only about one and a half inches of rain falls each year in Death Valley, and in some years it (NOT RAIN) ________ at all.
(4)The valley is the bottom of a lake that dried up in prehistoric times, leaving clay and salt in (IT) ________ center and sand dunes to the north.