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EncyclopediaLahontan, LakeLahontan, Lake (luhon'tun) [key], extinct lake of W Nev. and NE Calif. It was formed by heavy precipitation caused by the Pleistocene glaciers and with Lake Bonneville (see under Bonneville Salt Flats) occupied a part of the Great Basin region. Lake Lahontan vanished shortly after the Pleistocene epoch, but Pyramid, Winnemucca, and Walker lakes and Carson Sink are its remnants. The area, especially Lovelock Cave, Nev., is rich in Pleistocene fossils. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Lake Lahontan from Infoplease:
- Walker Lake - Walker Lake Walker Lake, salt lake, c.105 sq mi (270 sq km), W Nev., SE of Carson City. Fed by the ...
- Pyramid Lake - Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake ...
- Carson Sink - Carson Sink Carson Sink, swampy area, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), W Nev.; a remnant of ancient Lake ...
- Great Basin: Land - Land The region is a complex topographic basin, the surface of which is broken by numerous ...
- Pleistocene epoch: Topographic and Climatic Changes during the Pleistocene - Topographic and Climatic Changes during the Pleistocene The characteristic formation laid down in ...
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