Badwater's a basin in California's Death Valley, noted as the lowest point in North America, with an elevation of below sea level. The site itself consists of a small spring-fed pool of water next to the road; however, the accumulated salts of the surrounding basin make it undrinkable, thus the name "Badwater". The pool does have animal and plant life, including pickleweed, aquatic insects, and the Badwater snail. Adjacent to the pool, where water isn't always present at the surface, repeated f… (More on Badwater)