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 Endorheic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In geography, an endorheic basin is a watershed from which there is no outflow of water (either on the surface as rivers, or underground by flow or diffusion through rock or permeable material).
Lake Chad (between Chad and Cameroon), fed by the Chari and Logon rivers.
One of the few endorheic lakes in cold desert locations, Antarctica's Lake Vida remains liquid because its salinity is seven times that of seawater.
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 endorheic lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
In physical geography, endorheic lakes are lakes that have no outflow to the sea or ocean.
Endorheic lakes, which generally lie in endorheic basins, are usually found in hot desert areas where the net inflow is low (due to low rainfall) and loss to solar evaporation high.
In many cases the rivers that feed the lakes are highly seasonal, causing the water level to change dramatically over the course of a year.
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 Great Salt Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
The only animals that live in the lake are tiny brine shrimp, the eggs of which are harvested in quantity.
Since the Great Salt Lake is a shallow lake with gently sloping shores around all edges except on the south side, small variations in the water level can greatly affect the extent of the shoreline.
In response, the state built pumps on the western side of the lake to pump dangerously high water out into the west desert, but as of 2004 these pumps are dry and miles away from the lake's shore.
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 Freshwater Fishes of Iran, Introduction - Drainage Basins - Lake Orumiyeh
The lake has a surface area of 4750-6100 sq km, a volume of 29.4 cu km, a mean depth of 4.9-6.0 m, a maximum depth of 16 m, and a temperature range of -1.3-27.5°C. Lake level can rise as much as 2 m in one season, as it did in the winter of 1968-1969.
The endorheic lake is shallow with a maximum depth of 1.5 m and a mud bottom.
Lake Orumiyeh is the largest natural habitat for brine shrimp in the world and, since 2000, is has been harvested, processed and used to feed sturgeon in hatcheries (www.worldfishingcompanies.com/html/us/world.report.html?id=1, downloaded 23 October 2001).
www.briancoad.com /introduction/lakeorumiyehbasin.htm   (1697 words)

  
 Great Salt Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Salt Lake City and its suburbs are on the eastern shore of the lake.
As all three rivers feeding the lake flow into the southern half, the northern half of the lake is now noticeably saltier than the south half.
The lake is difficult to approach, being fringed by mud flats, but from time to time a resort called Saltair has operated on the southern shore of the lake.
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 Pyramid Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Pyramid Lake is an endorheic saline lake, approximately 188 mi² (487 km²) in area, in the Great Basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States.
It is fed by the Truckee River (the outlet of Lake Tahoe), which enters the lake from its southern end.
The lake is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan that covered much of northwestern Nevada at the end of the last ice age.
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 Endorheic Lakes: Waterbodies That Don't Flow to the Sea
Lakes in endorheic watersheds are often called “terminal ” or sink lakes.
Endorheic water-bodies exist in belts between the northern and southern margins of desert zones in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Although endorheic water-bodies usually contain water of lower quality than that of water- bodies draining to the oceans, they often are of great importance to their watershed inhabitants.
www.unep.or.jp /ietc/Publications/Short_Series/LakeReservoirs-2/10.asp   (885 words)

  
 Lake Vida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Vida is an ice-covered super-concentrated saltwater endorheic lake located in Victoria Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica.
The lake, one of the largest in the dry valleys, remains liquid because it is seven times saltier than sea water.
Researchers discovered the lake, along with 2,800-year-old microorganisms, under nineteen metres of ice.
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 Pyramid Lake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyramid Lake is an endorheic saline lake, approximately 188 mi² (487 km²) in area, in the Lahontan Basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States.
In the 19th century the vicinity of the lake was inhabited by the Paiute.
It was first mapped in 1844 by John C. Fremont, the American discoverer of the lake.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pyramid_Lake   (378 words)

  
 ENDORHEIC FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Thus endorheic basins often contain extensive salt pans, salt_lakes (alkali flats) or ''playas''.
The Okavango_Delta, an endorheic inland delta in the Kalahari_Desert of Botswana
One of the few endorheic lakes in cold desert locations, Antarctica's Lake_Vida remains liquid because its salinity is seven times that of seawater.
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 Lake Lahontan - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
As the surface elevation dropped, the lake broke up into series of smaller lakes, most of which rapidly dried up leaving only a playa.
Surprisingly, the watershed feeding Lake Lahontan is not thought to have been significantly wetter during its highstand then it is currently.
The existence of the lake coincided roughly with the first appearance of humans in that region of North America.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Lake_Lahontan   (256 words)

  
 Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Endorheic lakes are very dependent on the balance of inflows and evaporation and are very sensitive to change in either (whether driven by climate change, climatic variability, or human interventions).
Small endorheic lakes are most vulnerable to a change in climate; there are indications that even relatively small changes in inputs can produce large fluctuations in water level (and salinity) in small closed lakes in western North America (Laird et al., 1996).
Progressive southward expansion of Lake Winnipeg under postglacial isostatic tilting was suppressed by a warm dry climate in the mid-Holocene, when the north basin of the lake became closed (endorheic) and the south basin was dry (Lewis et al., 1998).
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The lake is deepest in the area between these island chains, about 10.7 m (~35 ft) deep at the 1,280 m (~4,200 ft) level.
North of the causeway, the lake is dominated by halophilic bacteria which gives the water an unusual reddish or purplish color.
Populations of brine shrimp are mostly restricted to the lake's south arm.
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 Issyk Kul biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Issyk Kul (also Ysyk Köl) is an endorheic lake in the northern Tien Shan mountains in northwestern Kyrgyzstan.
The city of Karakol (formerly Przhevalsk), administrative seat of Issyk-Kul oblast, is located near the eastern tip of the lake and is a good base for excursions into the surrounding area.
Sevan trout (an endemic fish of Lake Sevan in Armenia) was introduced into the lake in the 1970s.
issyk-kul.biography.ms   (226 words)

  
 Society Fresh : Article 'Endorheic'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Lake_Hart.jpg The shores of, an endorheic desert lake in In geography, an endorheic basin is a watershed from which there is no outflow of water (either on the surface as rivers, or underground by flow or diffusion through rock or permeable material).
A pluvial lake is a lake which experiences significant increase in depth and extent as a result of increased precipitation and reduced evaporation.
The waters of the Ili and of Lake Balkash are of vital economic importance to Kazakhstan.
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 Great Salt Lake -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
The Great Salt Lake (A flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water) Salt Flats lie to the west, and the (Click link for more info and facts about Oquirrh Mountains) Oquirrh Mountains rise to the south.
The Great Salt Lake is fed by three major (A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)) rivers and several minor streams.
The only animals that live in the lake are tiny (Common to saline lakes) brine shrimp, the eggs of which are harvested in quantity.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_salt_lake.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Lake Lahontan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Ancient Lake Lahontan was an enormous endorheic lake that once covered much of northwestern Nevada and portions of northeastern California.
The depth of the lake was approximately 800 feet (240 meters) at present day Pyramid Lake, and 500 feet (150 meters) at the Black Rock Desert.
Modern Lake Lahontan is a man-made reservoir maintained by the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (TCID).
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 Read about Great Salt Lake at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Great Salt Lake and learn about Great Salt Lake here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
suburbs are located east of the lake, between the lake and the
Uinta Mountains and flows in to the northeast arm of the lake.
Shallow artificial ponds at the edge of the lake are used to produce salt,
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Great_Salt_Lake   (736 words)

  
 Dead Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
The Dead Sea (Hebrew ים המלח, Arabic البحر الميت) is an endorheic lake of saline water (area: ca.
The Dead Sea is the saltiest and deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
The surface of the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the Earth's surface at an elevation of 417 m below sea level (2003 figure).
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 All words on Endorheic
The shores of [[Lake Hart, an endorheic desert lake in South Australia]] In geography, an endorheic basin is a watershed from which there is no outflow of water (either on the surface as rivers, or underground by flow or diffusion through rock or permeable material).
Lake Lahontan in the western US External link
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 Ramsar Sites Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
The Salada de Chiprana is the only deep permanent endorheic saline lake left in western Europe and is a good example of this type of wetland because of its state of conservation and its special ecological and geological characteristics.
The vegetation of the shores of the lakes is sparse, except at the Prado de Farol, and consists of patches of Phragmites australis.
The halophytic vegetation on the shores of the lake is used for sheep grazing.
www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Spain/ES028D02.htm   (631 words)

  
 Ramsar Sites Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Lake Tchad, much reduced in area in recent years, is still the fourth largest lake in Africa (after Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyassa) and apparently the third largest endorheic lake in the world (after the Aral and Caspian seas).
The lake is a resting and feeding stopover for a large number of migratory birds.
This has led to a reduced lake surface and the truncation and desiccation of a large portion of the northern part of the lake.
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 4Reference || Endorheic lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Physical geography defines endorheic lakes to be lakes which have no outflow (to the sea or ocean).
Dry endorheic basins often contain an extensive salt pan (alkali flat).
Examples of endorheic lakes include the Aral Sea in Central Asia, Lake Eyre in Australia, the Dead Sea in the Middle East, and the Great Salt Lake in the United States.
www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Endorheic_lake.html   (248 words)

  
 Great Salt Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Satellite Photo of the Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lake is an endorheic saline lake in northern Utah, much saltier than the ocean.
Shallow artificial ponds at the edge of the lake are used to produce salt and other minerals for commercial sale.
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 Playa - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
The playa and shore of Lake Hart, an endorheic desert lake in South Australia
Many playas contain shallow lakes in the winter, especially during wet years.
A closeup photograph of salt growths on the crust of a playa lake
www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Playa   (211 words)

  
 LakeNet - Lakes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
Lake Bosumtwi is the only natural lake in all of Ghana and was created by the impact of a meteor.
Lake Bowumtwi is in Ghana's southern rain forest.
The main source of water entering Lake Bosumtwi is rainwater flowing inwards from the crater rim.
www.worldlakes.org /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=10252   (190 words)

  
 Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is an endorheic lake located in northwestern Nevada, and is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan.
The areas surrounding Pyramid Lake boast some impressive tufa formations, the largest of which is Anaho Island.
Pyramid Lake, New York is in the Adirondack Mountains near Bear Mountain.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/p/py/pyramid_lake.shtml   (283 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Borax
Borax occurs naturally in evaporite deposits produced by the repeated evaporation of seasonal lakes (see playa).
The most commercially important deposits are found near Boron, California and other locations in the American southwest, the Atacama desert in Chile, and in Tibet.
The playa and shore of Lake Hart, an endorheic desert lake in South Australia An alkali flat (known in US and Mexico as a playa) is a dry lakebed, generally the shore of, or remnant of, an endorheic lake.
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