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Silver Lake (Mojave)
Lake in the state of California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silver Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, along Interstate 15, 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Barstow.
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![]() Silver Lake after a flood in March 2005. | |
Location | Mojave Desert San Bernardino County, California |
Coordinates | 35°20′17″N 116°06′32″W |
Type | Endorheic basin |
Primary inflows | Mojave River |
Primary outflows | Terminal (evaporation) |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
Max. width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
Shore length1 | 30 km (19 mi) |
Surface elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
Settlements | Baker, California |
References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Lake |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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