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  2. Lake Lahontan - Wikipedia

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    Lake Lahontan was a large endorheic prehistoric lake during the Pleistocene that occupied modern northwestern Nevada and extended into northeastern California and southern Oregon. The area of the former lake is a large portion of the Great Basin that borders the Sacramento River watershed to the west. The lake was named by Clarence King during ...

  3. List of prehistoric lakes - Wikipedia

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    Lake Allison; 15,000 – 13,000 YBP in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. [30] Lake Canadian on the Washington/Oregon border above The Dalles; Lake Condon; 15,000 – 13,000 YBP on the Columbia River on the Washington/Oregon border above The Dalles and below Wallula Gap. Lake Lewis; 16,000 YBP [31] in central Washington, new Yakima.

  4. Wildhorse Creek (Alvord Lake) - Wikipedia

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    Wildhorse Lake, covering about 20 acres (8 ha), supports populations of Lahontan cutthroat trout, which spawn in the creek. [6] The ghost town of Andrews, Oregon, lies in the Wildhorse Valley west of the creek. Slightly north of the ghost town is the Wildhorse Valley Airport. [4]

  5. Desert trout: Lake Lenore's plentiful Lahontan cutthroats - AOL

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    The fish are Lahontan cutthroat trout, a species native to the Great Basin of California, Nevada and Oregon. ... Desert trout: Lake Lenore's plentiful Lahontan cutthroats Skip to main content

  6. List of endorheic basins - Wikipedia

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    Summer and Silver lakes (Oregon) North Lahontan Basin (California, Nevada, Oregon), a system of endorheic sub-basins connected with pluvial Lake Lahontan. Pyramid Lake (a remnant of Lake Lahontan) fed by Truckee River-Lake Tahoe (California, Nevada) Honey Lake-Eagle Lake (California) Walker Lake (another remnant of Lake Lahontan) fed by Walker ...

  7. Lahontan cutthroat trout - Wikipedia

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    Lahontan cutthroat trout, lake form, from Pyramid Lake, Nevada. 1938 remarks by FDR on the taste of Nevada trout.. The Lahontan cutthroat is native to the drainages of the Truckee River, Humboldt River, Carson River, Walker River, Quinn River, and several smaller rivers in the Great Basin of North America. [6]

  8. Lahontan State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Lahontan State Recreation Area is a public recreation area surrounding Lake Lahontan, a 17-mile-long (27 km) impoundment of the Carson River, [4] located approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of Fallon, Nevada. [5] The reservoir features 69 miles (111 km) of shoreline and 11,200 acres (4,500 ha) of water when full. [6]

  9. Oregon mystery: Why a lake disappears every year - AOL

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    By Sean Breslin -- Every year at Oregon's Lost Lake, something unusual happens. At the end of a long winter, snow melts into a lake, and the water level rises. Then, in a matter of days, all that ...