The hottest air temperature ever reliably recorded in a desert was 134 degrees F in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10, 1913.
This blending of immigrant agricultural practices with Native American traditions in the mountains and foothills of North Carolina resulted in a distinctive regional agricultural heritage.
â¢ Small peasant holdings predominated in the uplands. â¢ For this they grow large amounts of fodder crops on fields in the main valleys or on the lower margins of the uplands. â¢ The farmers are also helped by a Government subsidy for the number of livestock they keep on the uplands.