Koehn Lake is a
dry lake, and seasonally
endorheic lake
An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. Endorheic lakes are generally saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the l ...
, in the
Fremont Valley The Fremont Valley is a valley located in the western Mojave Desert of California.
It stretches from the town of Mojave approximately 70 km northeast to the foothills of the Lava Mountains and Summit Range.
The valley is home to Koehn Dry ...
of the
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...
, in eastern
Kern County, California
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield.
Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county s ...
.
Geography
The valley is northeast of
California City
California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. Covering , California City has the third-largest ...
, and east of
Red Rock Canyon State Park.
The lake is approximately long and at its widest point.
The nearby ghost town of
Saltdale was founded in 1915, for salt harvesting from the dry lakebed. The ghost town of
Garlock is on the north. The southern portal of
Burro Schmidt Tunnel
The historical Burro Schmidt Tunnel is located in the El Paso Mountains of the northern Mojave Desert, in eastern Kern County, southern California.
It is a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) mining tunnel dug with hand tools and dynamite over a 38-year ...
overlooks the dry lake and Fremont Valley.
See also
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List of lakes in California
There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California.
Largest lakes
In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupie ...
References
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Endorheic lakes of California
Salt flats of California
Lakes of the Mojave Desert
Lakes of Kern County, California
Mining in California
Landforms of Kern County, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Southern California
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