Alkali Lake
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Alkali Lake (Oregon)
| Alkali Lake | |
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| Location | Lake County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 42°58′38″N 120°01′41″W / 42.97722°N 120.02806°WCoordinates: 42°58′38″N 120°01′41″W / 42.97722°N 120.02806°W |
| Lake type | seasonal, alkali |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 4332' |
Alkali Lake is a playa in Lake County, Oregon, United States. It is in the Alkali Subbasin of the Summer Lake Basin watershed in southeastern Oregon,[1] located 26 miles east of Christmas Valley, Oregon, northeast of Lake Abert[2], to the immediate west of Abert Rim and Highway 395.
Alkali Lake is thought to have reached a prehistoric maximum depth of 270.7 feet (82.5 meters) and covered about 1448.4 square miles (2,331 square kilometers). Since then, its water level has varied, with a drying trend.[1] Notable features include dissolved alkaline salts averaging 10% of total brine weight[2] in its seasonal waters and a nearby chemical disaster, Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump.
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Plants
Plants known to occur in the dunes immediately north of the lake include:[3]
- Buckwheat Family
- Goosefoot Family
- Mustard Family
- Evening-primrose family
- Parsley Family
- Rhysopterus plurijugus
- Phlox Family
- Great Basin Gilia
- Borage Family
- Sunflower Family
- Desert Pincushion
- Gray Rabbitbrush
- Showy Townsend Daisy
See also
References
Works cited
- McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names, Fourth ed. 1974. Edwards Brothers. Ann Arbor, MI
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Field Office
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