ultrafacts:Devils Hole–a detached unit of Death Valley National Park–is habitat for the only natural
ultrafacts:Devils Hole–a detached unit of Death Valley National Park–is habitat for the only naturally occurring population of the endangered Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). The 40 acre (16 ha) unit is a part of the Ash Meadows complex, an area of desert uplands and springfed oases designatedDevils Hole is a window into this vast aquifer and an unusual indicator of seismic activity around the world. Large earthquakes as far away as Japan, Indonesia and Chile have caused the water to ‘slosh’ in Devils Hole like water in a bathtub. Waves may spash as high as two meters up the walls, sweeping clean the shallow shelf so important to the pupfish.Here’s a video of of a ‘tsunami’ in Devils Hole caused by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico on March 20, 2012.: [x]Fact Source: http://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/devils-hole.htmFor more facts, follow Ultrafacts -- source link