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Lahontan. The lake had largely disappeared in its extended form by about 9,000 years ago. As the surface elevation dropped, the lake broke up into series of smaller lakes, most of which rapidly dried up, leaving only a
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Highstand), the lake had a surface area of over 8,500 square miles (22,000 km), with its largest component centered at the location of the present
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and other techniques) indicate, if precipitation and evaporation rates within the watershed were maintained at their historical yearly maximum and minimum, respectively, and if diversions of the
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Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel
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77:Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
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16:Former lake in Nevada, United States
30:Extent of prehistoric Lake Lahontan
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268:Origin of Place Names: Nevada
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309:"Lake Lahontan Expedition"
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804:Glacial Lake Missoula
794:Glacial Lake Columbia
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1275:Geography portal
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862:Glacial Lake Russell
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1146:Lake Palomas
1136:Lake Alamosa
1108:Lake Russell
1009:Lake Passaic
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789:Lake Allison
750:Lake Stanley
745:Lake Saginaw
679:Lake Chicago
635:Lake Ojibway
606:Lake Bassano
601:Lake Agassiz
592:Nelson River
509:Ancylus Lake
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471:Lake Bandung
439:Lake Ptolemy
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359:. Retrieved
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313:the original
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291:. Retrieved
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37:was a large
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1113:Lake Tecopa
1098:Lake Mojave
1078:Lake Harper
1018:New England
1004:Lake Albany
985:Teays River
937:Mississippi
896:Lake Circle
838:Puget Sound
814:Great Basin
760:Lake Warren
729:Lake Minong
724:Lake Maumee
694:Lake Duluth
674:Lake Arkona
650:Great Lakes
640:Tyrrell Sea
611:Lake Souris
416:Pleistocene
210:Great Basin
179:DSSAM Model
175:evaporation
155:Walker Lake
143:Carson Sink
130:desiccation
103:Carson Sink
75:during the
62:Great Basin
46:Pleistocene
44:during the
1358:Categories
1234:Lake Tauca
1204:Inca Huasi
1093:Lake Modoc
1088:Lake Manly
1083:Lake Manix
1060:California
1050:Lake Stowe
980:Lake Tight
799:Lake Lewis
765:Lake Wayne
719:Lake Lundy
529:Yoldia Sea
502:Baltic Sea
448:Antarctica
361:2013-07-13
340:2013-07-13
319:2013-07-13
252:References
231:Lake Modoc
214:extirpated
163:Honey Lake
145:, and the
54:California
1169:Lake Atna
689:Lake Dana
626:James Bay
545:Lake Komi
334:"History"
293:April 21,
39:endorheic
1331:118°30′W
968:drainage
939:drainage
628:drainage
594:drainage
481:Mundafan
220:See also
1328:39°48′N
1248:Summary
1229:Salinas
187:Ice Age
96:sheets.
87:History
1209:Mataro
1194:Cabana
1161:Alaska
997:valley
995:Hudson
935:Upper
881:Upper
840:system
816:system
782:system
538:Russia
495:Europe
427:Africa
202:sucker
141:, the
58:Oregon
50:Nevada
1224:Sajsi
272:(PDF)
135:playa
126:epoch
1219:Ouki
966:Ohio
464:Asia
295:2022
200:and
198:chub
167:tufa
153:and
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