Marshes of California - Saline Valley, California, Los Cerritos Wetlands, Napa Sonoma Marsh, Madrona Marsh, Ledson Marsh, Whiteside Marsh (Paperback)

Chapters: Saline Valley, California, Los Cerritos Wetlands, Napa Sonoma Marsh, Madrona Marsh, Ledson Marsh, Whiteside Marsh, Westpoint Slough, Giant Marsh. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Saline Valley is a large, deep, and arid valley in the northern Mojave Desert of California. Most of it became a part of Death Valley National Park when the park expanded in 1994. This area had previously been administered by the BLM. It is located northwest of Death Valley proper, south of Eureka Valley, and east of the Owens Valley. The valley's lowest elevations are about 1,000 feet (300 m) and it lies in the rain shadow of the 14,000-foot (4,300 m) Sierra Nevada Range, plus the 11,000-foot (3,400 m) Inyo Mountains bordering the valley on the west. Saline ValleyA large dry lake occupies the center of the valley. The west end of the lake supports a salt marsh, which contains a variety of plant and animal life. The marsh is fed by a perennial stream from Hunter Canyon. North of the lake is a large area of low sand dunes. There are a number of hot springs in the northeast corner of the valley. The water temperature at the source of these springs averages at 107 F (42 C). Saline Valley is a closed or endorheic basin. If filled with water it would be over 4000 feet (1200 m) deep, form a lake with a surface area of roughly 500 square miles (1,300 km ), and hold approximately 500 million acre-feet (600 km ) of water. The drive through the Inyo National Forest (note marker on the left of the road) in the north heading south to Waucoba Wash (washboard roads)Saline Valley Road is a sporadically maintained dirt road running north-south through the length of the valley, and is the most commonly used access route. From SR 168 in the north to SR 190 in the south, it i...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1113883