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.
Slovakia: sheep in lowlands of MalÃ¡ Fatra MountainsÂ© PHB.cz/FotoliaDuring communist rule, agriculture in the Slovak lands was subordinate to industrialization, and today only about one-third of Slovakiaâs territory is cultivated.