Lake Mojave

Lake Mojave
Location of Lake Mojave in California, USA.
Location of Lake Mojave in California, USA.
Lake Mojave
Location of Lake Mojave in California, USA.
Location of Lake Mojave in California, USA.
Lake Mojave
LocationMojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California
Coordinates35°14′28″N 116°04′49″W / 35.24113°N 116.08017°W / 35.24113; -116.08017
Lake typeGlacial lake (former)
Primary inflowsMojave River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation288 m (945 ft)
References[1][2]

Lake Mojave is an ancient former lake fed by the Mojave River that, through the Holocene, occupied the Silver Lake and Soda Lake basins in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California. Its outlet may have ultimately emptied into the Colorado River north of Blythe.

  1. ^ "Silver Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Soda Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.