Lake Manix
Encyclopedia
Lake Manix is a former lake fed by the Mojave River
in the Mojave Desert
of San Bernardino County, California
.
era (450,000 to 18,000 years ago), this ancient pluvial lake
occupied the modern Afton Lake, Troy Lake, Coyote Lake, Harper Lake
, and Koehn Lake
, and Cronese Lake basins, and when full, the former Lake Mojave
, which included today's Soda Lake
and Silver Lake
basins.
Mojave River
The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. The river is notable as most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the time, with the exception of the headwaters and several...
in the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
of San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...
.
Pluvial lake
During the PleistocenePleistocene
The Pleistocene is the epoch from 2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP that spans the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
era (450,000 to 18,000 years ago), this ancient pluvial lake
Pluvial lake
A pluvial lake is a landlocked basin which fills with rainwater during times of glaciation, when precipitation is higher. Pluvial lakes that have since evaporated and dried out may also be referred to as paleolakes.-Geology:...
occupied the modern Afton Lake, Troy Lake, Coyote Lake, Harper Lake
Harper Lake
Harper Lake is a dry lake located in the Mojave Desert near the small community of Lockhart in northwestern San Bernardino County of Southern California...
, and Koehn Lake
Koehn Lake
Koehn Lake is a dry lake, and seasonally endorheic lake, in the Fremont Valley of the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California, northeast of California City and east of Red Rock Canyon State Park.The lake is approximately long and at its widest point....
, and Cronese Lake basins, and when full, the former Lake Mojave
Lake Mojave
Lake Mojave is an ancient former lake fed by the Mojave River that, through the Holocene, occupied the Silver Lake and Soda Lake basins in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. Its outlet ultimately emptied into the Colorado River north of Blythe....
, which included today's Soda Lake
Soda Lake
Soda Lake is a dry lake at the terminus of the Mojave River in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. The lake has standing water during wet periods, and water can be found beneath the surface....
and Silver Lake
Silver Lake (Mojave)
Silver Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, along Interstate 15, northeast of Barstow.-History:...
basins.