Rosamond Lake

{{short description|Dry lake in the Mojave Desert, California, U.S.}}

{{Infobox body of water

| name = Rosamond Lake

| image = Edwards AFB satellite photo.jpg

| caption = Rosamond (lower left) and Rogers dry lakebeds in Mojave Desert, California

| location = Mojave Desert
Kern County, California
Los Angeles County, California

| coords = {{coord|34.8322|-118.0656 |format=dms |region:US-CA_type:waterbody_source:wikimapia| display=inline,title}}

| lake_type = Endorheic basin

| inflow =

| outflow =

| catchment =

| basin_countries = United States

| length = {{convert|8|km|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| width = {{convert|9|km|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| area = {{convert|35|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| shore = {{convert|30|km|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| elevation = {{convert|694|m|ft|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| cities = Edwards Air Force Base

| pushpin_map = California#USA

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Rosamond Lake in California, USA.

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| reference = {{gnis|248369}}

}}

Rosamond Lake is a natural dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert of Kern and Los Angeles County, California. The shores of the lake are entirely within the borders of Edwards Air Force Base, approximately {{convert|10|mi}} from Lancaster. The lake is adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake which through the Holocene, together made up one large water-body. Piute Ponds are immediately to the southwest.

See also

References

  • {{cite web | author=Public Affairs | title=About Edwards: History: The Dry Lake Beds | url=http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/docs_html/center/lakebeds.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207112240/http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/docs_html/center/lakebeds.html | publisher=Edwards Air Force Base | date=25 July 2006 | archivedate=2006-12-07 | accessdate=2009-09-10 | url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite book | last=Reheis | first=Marith C. |author2=Hershler, Robert |author3=Miller, David M. | title=Late Cenozoic Drainage History of the Southwestern Great Basin and Lower Colorado River Region: Geologic and Biotic Perspectives | pages=273–275| location=Boulder, Colorado | publisher=Geological Society of America | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8137-2439-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XchdTrufIIgC&pg=PA273| accessdate=2009-09-05}}