Lake Lahontan
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Lake Lahontan was a vast prehistoric pluvial lake that covered much of what is now northwestern Nevada during the Pleistocene epoch.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pleistocene Lake Lahontan | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleistocene lake
ⓘ
pluvial lake ⓘ prehistoric lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declineCause |
increased evaporation
ⓘ
postglacial warming ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | closed basin ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
lacustrine sediments
ⓘ
strandlines ⓘ tufa deposits ⓘ |
| existedDuring | last glacial maximum ⓘ |
| formedBy |
increased precipitation
ⓘ
reduced evaporation ⓘ |
| geologicEpoch | Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Quaternary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeomorphicImpact |
deposition of thick lacustrine sediments in western Nevada
ⓘ
playa formation in Black Rock Desert ⓘ |
| hasRemnant |
Black Rock Desert playa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carson Sink NERFINISHED ⓘ Honey Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Humboldt Sink NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyramid Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hydrologicType | endorheic lake system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nevada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInPhysiographicProvince | Basin and Range Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northwestern Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | over 270 meters ⓘ |
| maximumExtent | approximately 22,300 square kilometers ⓘ |
| modernHydrologicRemnant |
Carson River–Carson Sink system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Humboldt River–Humboldt Sink system NERFINISHED ⓘ Truckee River–Pyramid Lake system NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker River–Walker Lake system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce de Lahontan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLocality | Pyramid Lake tufa towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paleoenvironment | cooler and wetter climate than present ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reachedHighstand | around 15,000 to 13,000 years ago ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Lake Bonneville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shorelineFeature |
tufa formations
ⓘ
wave-cut terraces ⓘ |
| status | extinct lake ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pleistocene Lake Lahontan