Soda Lake (San Bernardino County)

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alkali lakebed dry lake endorheic basin

Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) is a dry, ephemeral alkali lakebed in California’s Mojave Desert, known for its expansive salt flats and arid, desert landscape.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Silver Lake (dry lake)	1
Soda Lake (dry lake)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alkali lakebed ⓘ dry lake ⓘ endorheic basin ⓘ
basinType	closed basin ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ desert climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainagePattern	internal drainage ⓘ
ecosystemType	desert playa ecosystem ⓘ
endPointOf	Mojave River ⓘ
formationProcess	deposition of dissolved salts ⓘ evaporation of standing water ⓘ
geologicalFeature	playa lakebed ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	alkali soils ⓘ expansive salt crusts ⓘ flat topography ⓘ high evaporation rates ⓘ seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	Soda Mountains ⓘ surface form: Cave Mountain Cronese Mountains ⓘ Soda Mountains ⓘ Zzyzx, California ⓘ surface form: Zzyzx mineral springs area
hasSeasonality	mostly dry ⓘ periodically flooded ⓘ
hydrologicalType	ephemeral lake ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Mojave Desert ⓘ North America ⓘ San Bernardino County ⓘ surface form: San Bernardino County, California
near	Baker, California ⓘ Interstate 15 in California ⓘ Zzyzx, California ⓘ
notableFor	arid desert landscape ⓘ expansive salt flats ⓘ playa geomorphology ⓘ
partOf	Mojave National Preserve ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus	within a U.S. National Preserve ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom	Mojave River ⓘ
region	eastern Mojave Desert ⓘ
surfaceType	playa ⓘ salt flat ⓘ
usedFor	desert landscape photography ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
waterBodyType	terminal lakebed ⓘ
waterSalinity	alkaline ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mojave Desert → contains → Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silver Lake (dry lake)

Soda Mountains → notableHydrologicalFeatureNearby → Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soda Lake (dry lake)