--- Death Valley is located near the border of ___---California and ___--- Nevada, in ___ the Great Basin.
There are two lighthouses near or in ___--- Cape Horn.
___--- Texas is the second most populous (after ___ --- California) and the second-largest (after___--- Alaska) state. Located in ___the south central part of the country, ___--- Texas borders on ___the Mexican states of ___--- Chihuahua, ___--- Coahuila, ___--- Nuevo León, and ___--- Tamaulipas to ___--- south.
___The Gobi covers part of ___--- northern and ___--- northwestern China, and part of ___--- southern Mongolia. ___ The Gobi is bounded by ___the Hexi Corridor and ___the Tibetan Plateau to ___ the southwest, by___the North China Plain to ___the southeast. ___ The Gobi is notable in history as part of __the Silk Road.