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Soda Lake (San Bernardino County)

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Type
  
Endorheic basin

Primary outflows
  
Terminal (evaporation)

Max. length
  
24 km (15 mi)

Shore length
  
75 km

Cities
  
Zzyzx, Baker

Primary inflows
  
Mojave River

Basin countries
  
United States

Surface elevation
  
288 m

Inflow source
  
Mojave River

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Location
  
Mojave National Preserve San Bernardino County, California

Soda lake san bernardino county top 5 facts


Soda Lake (or Soda Dry 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.

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Map of Soda Lake, California, USA

Soda Lake along with Silver Lake are what remains of the large, perennial, Holocene Lake Mojave. The waters of the lake, now with no outlet, evaporate and has left alkaline evaporites of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate.

Soda Lake is located on the southern side of Interstate 15, and can be seen at the Zzyzx Road interchange and the Oat Ditch bridge, as well as the Soda Lake bridge (signed as the Mojave River) looking south from Baker.

References

Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) Wikipedia