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.
Intensive subsistence agriculture also utilizes manure as fertilizer and simple irrigation systems. For this type of agriculture, the most common crops are rice and vegetables, which are grown in the same fields using the polyculture method.