Alvord Lake (Oregon)

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lake_name = Alvord Lake
image_lake = Alvord Lake.png caption_lake = Satellite image of Alvord Lake
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location = Oregon
coords = coord|42.3796147|N|118.6054595|W |format=dms |region:US-OR_type:waterbody |display=title,inline
type = seasonal, alkali
inflow = Mosquito Creek, Willow Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Whitehorse Creek, Trout Creek, and Van Horn Creek
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catchment = convert|2150|mi2|km2|abbr=on|lk=on
basin_countries = United States
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Alvord Lake is a seasonal cite web
url = http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:LHGIk-DcLKgJ:www.oregongeology.com/sub/learnmore/BasinRangeOwyheeuplands.HTM+Alvord+Lake+Oregon&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=25&gl=us
title = Basin and Range and Owyhee Uplands
work = Learn more about Oregon's geology
publisher = Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
accessdate = 2008-06-30 ] shallow alkali lake in Harney County of the U.S. state of Oregon. Its elevation is convert|4026|ft|m. [ cite web
url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1116903
title = Feature Detail Report
work = Geographic Names Information System
publisher = USGS
accessdate = 2008-06-30 ] It is located about convert|10|mi|km southeast of Alvord Desert in the Alvord Basin and serves as terminus for all its streams. Its water level varies from dry to several feet deep.Fact|date=July 2008 The nearest habitation is tiny Fields, convert|14.1|km|mi SSW.

At one time, Alvord Lake stretched convert|100|mi|km along the east side of Steens Mountain.

The Alvord Basin covers about convert|2150|mi2|km2 bounded on the northwest by Steens Mountain, on the southwest by the Pueblo Mountains, on the southeast by the Trout Creek Mountains, and on the northeast by the Sheepshead Mountains. cite web
url = http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/pubs/factsheets/tmdls/alvord.pdf
title = Alvord Lake Subbasin TMDLs
format = pdf
date = 2003-09-24
author = B. Lamb
publisher = Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
accessdate = 2008-06-30 ] Major tributaries are Mosquito Creek, Willow Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Whitehorse Creek, Trout Creek, and Van Horn Creek.

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