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2 unusual facts about Soda Lake


Soda lake

In addition, many soda lakes also contain high concentrations of sodium chloride and other dissolved salts, making them saline- or hypersaline lakes as well.

Multicellular animals such as crustaceans (notably the brine shrimp Artemia and the copepod Paradiaptomus africanus) and fish (e.g. Alcolapia), are also found in many of the less extreme soda lakes, adapted to the extreme conditions of these alkalic and often saline environments.


Los Angeles County Flood of 2005

Large amounts of rain also fell in the Mojave Desert, causing the usually dry Mojave River to reach its terminus at Soda Lake and overflow into Silver Lake, which it has rarely reached in recorded history.


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