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Mono Lake (/ ˈ m oʊ n oʊ / MOH-noh) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin.The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline.
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve is located near Yosemite National Park within Mono County, in eastern California. It was established in 1981 [ 2 ] by the California State Legislature to preserve the natural limestone " tufa tower " formations at Mono Lake .
Mono County (/ ˈ m oʊ n oʊ / MOH-noh) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census , the population was 13,195, [ 6 ] making it the fourth-least populous county in California.
Lee Vining (formerly Leevining, Poverty Flat, and Lakeview) [4] is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [2] in Mono County, California, United States. [2] It is located 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Bridgeport. Lee Vining is located on the southwest shore of Mono Lake. The population was 217 as of the 2020 census. [3]
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org مقاطعة مونو (كاليفورنيا) Usage on az.wikipedia.org Mono qraflığı (Kaliforniya)
Basin map 180901 Mono–Owens Lakes basin: Mono Lake and Owens Lake closed basins [5] 4,310 sq mi (11,200 km 2) HUC180901: 180902 Northern Mojave basin: Closed desert basins that discharge into south-central California, including Death Valley and the Upper Mojave Desert, excluding Mono Lake and Owens Lake [6] 23,600 sq mi (61,000 km 2) HUC180902
Environmentalists say Mono Lake water exports to Los Angeles are threatening one of the world's largest nesting gull populations.
The Mono Lake Basin from near Conway Summit. The Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area is a protected area in Eastern California that surrounds Mono Lake and the northern half of the Mono Craters volcanic field. It is administered by the Inyo National Forest as a unit of the National Forest Scenic Area program, under the U.S. Forest Service.