Alkali Lake (Oregon)

<p>Alkali Lake is a <a href="/facts/Sink_(geography)/0CHdGUlG">geographic sink</a> located in <a href="/facts/Lake_County,_Oregon/dFzpAQvD">Lake County, Oregon</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. It lies within the Alkali Subbasin of the <a href="/facts/Summer_Lake_(Oregon)/tuwUaJeM">Summer Lake Basin</a> <a href="/facts/Drainage_basin/lzsx0XJS">watershed</a> in southeastern Oregon. The lake is situated 26 miles east of <a href="/facts/Christmas_Valley,_Oregon/PDh7hSYr">Christmas Valley, Oregon</a>, northeast of <a href="/facts/Lake_Abert/66DsqLTn">Lake Abert</a>, and directly west of <a href="/facts/Abert_Rim/zIa07Phy">Abert Rim</a> and <a href="/facts/Highway_395/g6NT1ub2">Highway 395</a>.
</p><p>Alkali Lake is believed to have reached a prehistoric maximum depth of 270.7 feet (82.5 meters) and covered about 1,448.4 square miles (3,751 square kilometers). Since then, its water level has fluctuated, with a general trend towards drying.
Notable features include dissolved <a href="/facts/Alkaline/s6NqPGSP">alkaline</a> salts averaging 10% of total brine weight in its seasonal waters and a nearby chemical disaster, <a href="/facts/Alkali_Lake_Chemical_Waste_Dump/pxn47s27">Alkali Lake Chemical Waste Dump</a>.
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Alkali Lake (Oregon)