Lahontan,Lake

Lahontan,Lake
La·hon·tan (lə-hŏnʹtən), Lake
An extinct lake with surviving remnants in western Nevada and northeast California. It was formed by heavy precipitation caused by Pleistocene glaciers but largely disappeared after the end of the epoch.

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