Relief map of Mono Lake and surrounding area, including nearby Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park ( area within yellow boundaries ); California-Nevada state border shown

The human history of Mono Lake is associated with its productive ecosystem.

The Mono Lake Committee formed in response, winning a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially restore the lake level.

USGS map of the Mono Lake area, showing geological features

Mono Lake formed because it lies in the Mono Basin, an endorheic basin that has no outlet to the ocean.

The tributaries of Mono Lake include Lee Vining Creek, Rush Creek and Mill Creek which flows through Lundy Canyon.

This activity was northwest of Mono Basin and included the formation of Aurora Crater, Beauty Peak, Cedar Hill ( later an island in the highest stands of Mono Lake ), and Mount Hicks.

Mono Lake is believed to have formed at least 760, 000 years ago, dating back to the Long Valley eruption.

Sediments located below the ash layer hint that Mono Lake could be a remnant of a larger and older lake that once covered a large part of Nevada and Utah, which would put it among the oldest lakes in North America.

Currently, Mono Lake is in a geologically active area at the north end of the Mono – Inyo Craters volcanic chain and is close to Long Valley Caldera.

Volcanic activity continues in the Mono Lake vicinity: the most recent eruption occurred 350 years ago, resulting in the formation of Paoha Island.

Lakeside of Mono Lake, 1999

An important, and unintentional, consequence of ending the water diversions was the onset of a period of " meromixis " in Mono Lake.

In the time prior to this, Mono Lake was typically " monomictic "; which means that at least once each year the deeper waters and the shallower waters of the lake mixed thoroughly, thus bringing oxygen and other nutrients to the deep waters.

Mono Lake has experienced meromictic periods in the past ; this most recent episode of meromixis, brought on by the end of the water diversions, commenced in 1994 and had ended by 2004.

Mono Lake alkali flies

The lake is famous for the Mono Lake brine shrimp, Artemia monica, a tiny species of brine shrimp, no bigger than a thumbnail, that are endemic.

Mono Lake is a vital resting and eating stop for migratory shorebirds and has been recognized as a site of international importance by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.

Nearly 2, 000, 000 waterbirds, including 35 species of shorebirds, use Mono Lake to rest and eat for at least part of the year.

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The area is drained by the Mono River and its tributaries, including the Ogou River.

50 km of the lower Mono River is navigable.

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From 4. 5 to 2. 6 million years ago, large volumes of basalt were erupted around what is now Cowtrack Mountain ( east and south of Mono Basin ); eventually covering and reaching a maximum thickness of.

Tis-sa-ack is the name of a Mono Lake Paiute Indian girl in the Yosemite Native American legend.

The city is home to the historic distillery which produces Anís del Mono, a spirit made of herbs and anise, the most famous anisette in Spain.

One notable feature of the Basin and Range is Mono Lake, which is the oldest lake in North America.

The ka-tet is eventually reunited at the Cradle of Lud, a train station which houses a monorail that the travelers use to escape Lud before its final destruction brought about by the monorail's artificial intelligence known as Blaine the Mono.

This only road into this area is Minaret Summit Road which becomes State Route 203 at the Mono County border, connecting this area to Mammoth Lakes.

It is home to a large ski area on the Mono County side.

The Mono Grande ( Spanish for " Large Monkey "), a large monkey-like creature, has been occasionally reported in South America.

Wilson's Phalaropes are unusually halophilic ( salt-loving ) and feed in great numbers when on migration on saline lakes such as Mono Lake in California and the Great Salt Lake of Utah, often with Red-necked Phalaropes.

* Mono lake, California, United States

In that ruling ( SWRCB Decision 1631 ), the SWRCB established significant public trust protection and eco-system restoration standards, and LADWP was required to release water into Mono Lake to raise the lake level 20 feet ( 6. 1 m ) above the then-current level of below the 1941 level.

Despite there being trillions of these creatures in Mono Lake, it was felt that rising levels of salinity and sodium hydroxide concentration of the lake would endanger them because of the increase in pH.

* Lake Mary ( California ), a lake in Mono County, California

In that ruling, LADWP was required to let enough water into Mono Lake to raise the lake level 20 feet ( 6. 1 m ) above the then-current level of 25 feet ( 7. 6 m ) below the 1941 level.

June Lake is a subalpine lake within the Inyo National Forest, in Mono County, eastern California.