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Horseshoe Lake is a lake in Mono County, California, near the Mammoth Mountain ski resort. The soil near the lake contains a high concentration of carbon dioxide which, when it seeps from the soil, kills trees and poses a threat to humans.
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Mono Lake (/ ˈ m oʊ n oʊ / MOH-noh) is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline .
Mammoth Mountain is a lava dome complex partially located in the town of Mammoth Lakes, California, in the Inyo National Forest of Madera and Mono counties. [3] It is home to a large ski area primarily on the Mono County side. Mammoth Mountain was formed in a series of eruptions that ended 57,000 years ago.
A portion of northern Mono County contributed to the formation of Alpine County in 1864; parts of the county's territory were given to Inyo County in 1866. The county is named after Mono Lake which, in 1852, was named for a Native American Paiute tribe, the Mono people, who historically inhabited the Sierra Nevada from north of Mono Lake to ...
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org مقاطعة مونو (كاليفورنيا) Usage on az.wikipedia.org Mono qraflığı (Kaliforniya)
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve is located near Yosemite National Park within Mono County, in eastern California. It was established in 1981 [ 2 ] by the California State Legislature to preserve the natural limestone " tufa tower " formations at Mono Lake .
Pages in category "Lakes of Mono County, California" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Horseshoe Lake (Mono County, California) J ...