Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley

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Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley is a remote basin in south-central Oregon known for its volcanic formations, archaeological sites, and dry high-desert landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basin
geographical region
archaeologicalSignificance ancient sandal remains at Fort Rock Cave
early human occupation in the Great Basin
contains Big Hole maar
Christmas Lake
Crack-in-the-Ground
surface form: Crack-in-the-Ground fissure

Fort Rock Cave
Fort Rock State Natural Area
Hager Basin
Hole-in-the-Ground maar
Lost Forest
Lost Forest Research Natural Area
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distanceFrom about 70 miles southeast of Bend, Oregon
elevationRange approximately 1300–1600 meters above sea level
geologicalSetting Basin and Range Province
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasEcosystem juniper woodland remnants
sagebrush steppe
hasFeature Christmas Lake Valley
Fort Rock
Fort Rock volcanic tuff ring
cinder cones
dry lake beds
lava flows
maar volcanoes
playa lakes
hasLandscapeType high desert
hasNearbySettlement Christmas Valley, Oregon
Fort Rock, Oregon
hydrologicalCharacteristic ephemeral lakes
internally drained basin
knownFor Pleistocene lake deposits
archaeological sites
dry high-desert landscape
paleolake shoreline features
volcanic formations
locatedIn Oregon
south-central Oregon
locatedInAdministrative Lake County, Oregon
managedBy U.S. Bureau of Land Management
surface form: Bureau of Land Management
partOf Great Basin
High Desert
surface form: Oregon high desert
timePeriodSignificance Early Holocene
Late Pleistocene
usedFor dryland agriculture
outdoor recreation
ranching

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High Desert contains Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley
subject surface form: High Desert (Oregon)
High Lava Plains contains Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley
this entity surface form: Fort Rock–Christmas Lake Valley basin