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Mono Lake


Name: Mono Lake
Category: Water
Archive ID#: CA3014
 
Description: Mono Lake is a salty and barren body of water, in the remote eastern Sierras. The water level has decreased over the years, largely due to the diversion of the streams that feed the lake into conduits that take water to the city of Los Angeles, 338 miles to the south. As a result, the unusual formations of tufa (pillars of calcium carbonate) along the lakeshore have been further exposed, enhancing the peculiarity of this environment.
Location: 140 miles SE of Sacramento
(POINT(-118.99772644043 38.006713611637))
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Address: West Magnolia Boulevard Suite D
Burbank CA, 91506
Visitor Info: Mono Lake Visitors Center, Lee Vining: (619) 647-6595   
  Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily (summer); 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (winter)
Links: http://ceres.ca.gov/sierradsp/mono.html
http://www.monolake.org/
http://www.monolake.org/live/monocam.htm
tag: Natural Attraction
LCS: Water
   
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