Английская Википедия:Alkali Lake (Oregon)

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Alkali Lake is a geographic sink in Lake County, Oregon, United States. It is in the Alkali Subbasin of the Summer Lake Basin watershed in southeastern Oregon,[1] located 26 miles east of Christmas Valley, Oregon, northeast of Lake Abert,[2] to the immediate west of Abert Rim and Highway 395.

Alkali Lake is thought to have reached a prehistoric maximum depth of Шаблон:Convert and covered about Шаблон:Convert. Since then, its water level has varied, with a drying trend.[1] Notable features include dissolved alkaline salts averaging 10% of total brine weight in its seasonal waters[2] and a nearby chemical disaster, Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump.

Plants

Plants known to occur in the dunes immediately north of the lake include:[3]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Alkali Lake has a steppe climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

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See also

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Works cited

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  1. 1,0 1,1 US Fish & Wildlife Service website
  2. 2,0 2,1 McArthur, p. 10
  3. Шаблон:Cite web