Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / California
Location:On Highway 395, 13 miles east of Yosemite National Park, near the town of Lee Vining.
Facilities:Trails, picnic areas.
Activities:Hiking, swimming, boating, cross-country skiing, wildlife viewing, guided tours.
Special Features:Surrounded by the Sierra Crest, volcanoes, and the Great Basin desert,the Reserve offers spectacular scenery, including unusual tufaformations that have developed under the lake's surface. These "tufa towers"are calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction offreshwater springs and alkaline lake water. The ancient Mono Lake, morethan a million years old, is one ofthe oldest in North America and is about 2.5 times as salty and 80times as alkaline as the ocean.
Address:PO Box 99
Lee Vining, CA 93541
Phone:760-647-6331
Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=514
Size: 55,300 acres.

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单词	mono lake tufa state reserve
释义	Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / California Location:On Highway 395, 13 miles east of Yosemite National Park, near the town of Lee Vining. Facilities:Trails, picnic areas. Activities:Hiking, swimming, boating, cross-country skiing, wildlife viewing, guided tours. Special Features:Surrounded by the Sierra Crest, volcanoes, and the Great Basin desert,the Reserve offers spectacular scenery, including unusual tufaformations that have developed under the lake's surface. These "tufa towers"are calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction offreshwater springs and alkaline lake water. The ancient Mono Lake, morethan a million years old, is one ofthe oldest in North America and is about 2.5 times as salty and 80times as alkaline as the ocean. Address:PO Box 99 Lee Vining, CA 93541 Phone:760-647-6331 Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=514 Size: 55,300 acres. See other parks in California.
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