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Salinity In Mono Lake

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Mono Lake is located near the Sierra Nevada mountain range and is one of the oldest lakes in North America. It used to cover most of the Great Basin in North America but dried up after the melting of the glaciers around 700,000 years ago. Mono Lake is fed from inflows and rainfall and the mountains surrounding Mono Lake form a closed hydrological basin the only way for water to leave is through evaporation. The lake has salinity levels of 80.8g/l while an average freshwater lake has about 3g/l. As well as having high salinity the lake also has very basic PH levels of about 9.8 while freshwater lakes have a PH level of about 7. Due to it’s high salinity and PH levels Mono lake has a small variety of life in it’s waters.

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