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Alkali Lake (Oregon)

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Alkali Lake is thought to have reached a prehistoric maximum depth of 270.7 feet (82.5 meters) and covered about 1,448.4 square miles (3,751 square kilometers). Since then, its water level has varied, with a drying trend. Notable features include dissolved
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salts averaging 10% of total brine weight in its seasonal waters and a nearby chemical disaster,
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McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names, Fourth ed. 1974. Edwards Brothers. Ann Arbor, MI
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Plants known to occur in the dunes immediately north of the lake include:
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Field Office
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Alkali Lake, a dry lakebed in Lake County, Oregon
Location of lake in Oregon
Lake County, Oregon
42°58′38″N 120°01′41″W / 42.97722°N 120.02806°W / 42.97722; -120.02806
Lake type
alkali
Basin
geographic sink
Lake County, Oregon
United States
Summer Lake Basin
watershed
Christmas Valley, Oregon
Lake Abert
Abert Rim
Highway 395
alkaline
Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump
Buckwheat Family
Broom Buckwheat
Goosefoot Family
Spiny Hopsage
Mustard Family
Stanleya
Guillenia
Evening-primrose family
Desert Evening-primrose
Parsley Family
Rhysopterus plurijugus
Phlox Family

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