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Soda Lake (or Soda Dry Lake) is a dry lake at the terminus of the Mojave River [1] 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. Soda Lake along with Silver Lake are what remains of the large, perennial, Holocene Lake Mojave.
- 24 km (15 mi)
- United States
- 288 m (945 ft)
A normally dry lake bed, covers an area of about 3,000 acres. It is the largest remaining natural alkali wetland in southern California and the only closed basin within the coastal mountains. Soda Lake concentrates salts as water is evapoarted away, leaving white deposits of sulfates and carbonates. Despite this harsh envirnoment, small plant ...
Soda Lake, California. Soda Lake, dry lake in San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S. Situated in the Mojave Desert, Soda Lake is part of what remains of the ancient Ice Age Lake Mojave. It is situated at the terminus of the Mojave River and has no outlet to the sea. The water in Soda Lake quickly dries, leaving alkaline evaporites ...
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Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) English: Soda Lake, also known as Soda Dry Lake — in the Eastern Mojave Desert, on the southern side of Interstate 15 near Baker, in northern San Bernardino County, southeastern California. Historically, and now in extremely wet years, it is the endorheic lake terminus of the Mojave River.
Zzyzx, formerly Soda Springs, is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States, within the boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve, managed by the National Park Service, an agency of the U.S. Zzyzx is situated 3 miles southwest of Soda Lake.
At least twice, a long-lived lake (Lake Mojave I and II) existed in the region of Soda and Silver Lake playas, from about 18,000 to 16,000 years ago and from 13,700 to 11,400 years ago. The second lake developed when Afton Canyon was incised and a large lake near Barstow (Lake Manix) was drained. Lake Mojave dried out by about 8,700 years ago.
2,851 mi. 55 Places. 56:13. 3,026 mi. Remove Ads. 18283658. Soda Lake is a Lake in CA. Plan your road trip to Soda Lake in CA with Roadtrippers.
