Rosamond Lake is a natural
dry lake bed
A dry lake bed, also known as a playa, is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceeds recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkaline c ...
in 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 ...
of
Kern- and
Los Angeles County, California. The shores of the lake are entirely within the borders of
Edwards Air Force Base, approximately from
Lancaster. The lake is adjacent to
Rogers Dry Lake
Rogers Dry Lake is an endorheic desert salt pan in the Mojave Desert of Kern County, California. The lake derives its name from the Anglicization from the Spanish name, Rodriguez Dry Lake. It is the central part of Edwards Air Force Base as its ...
which through the
Holocene
The Holocene ( ) is the current geological epoch. It began approximately 11,650 cal years Before Present (), after the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene togeth ...
, together made up one large water-body.
Piute Ponds
Piute Ponds are a group of ponds located about southeast of Rosamond, California in the Mojave Desert, on the southwestern edge of Edwards Air Force Base and on the southern margin of Rosamond Lake, a dry lake bed. They form part of the Harley B ...
are immediately to the southwest.
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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External links
Edwards Air Force Base official website
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Endorheic lakes of California
Lakes of the Mojave Desert
Salt flats of California
Lakes of Kern County, California
Lakes of Los Angeles County, California
Edwards Air Force Base
Rosamond, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Southern California