Manzanita Lake is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
located in
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is an American national park in northeastern California. The dominant feature of the park is Lassen Peak, the largest plug dome volcano in the world and the southernmost volcano in the Cascade Range. Lassen Vol ...
. The name means "little apple" in Spanish.
Manzanita Lake was formed when
Manzanita Creek was dammed 300 years ago by a
rock avalanche
A rockslide is a type of landslide caused by rock failure in which part of the bedding plane of failure passes through compacted rock and material collapses ''en masse'' and not in individual blocks. Note that a rockslide is similar to an avalan ...
from the northwest slope of the
Chaos Crags, which also resulted in the debris formation known as
Chaos Jumbles.
The area around the lake features the
Loomis Museum, a campground, and the
Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic District. Located near the park entrance, the lake is open for fishing and has
rainbow
A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows c ...
,
brown
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and
brook trout.
Climate
Manzanita Lake has a warm-summer
humid continental climate
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) using the 0 °C isotherm or a
warm-summer mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...
(
Csb) using the -3 °C isotherm with short, warm summers and cool winters, with most precipitation falling in the winter months.
Gallery
Chaos Crags and Lassen Peak at Manzanita Lake.jpg, View of Chaos Crags and Lassen Peak
Lassen Peak ( ), commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a lava dome volcano and the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range of the Western United States. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California, it is part of the ...
from the lakeshore.
Fishing on Manzanita Lake.jpg, Fishing on Manzanita Lake.
Lassen Manzanita Lake.jpg, The shore of Manzanita Lake.
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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Lakes of Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lakes of Shasta County, California
Lakes of California
Lakes of Northern California