Lake Manly
Lake Manly was the ancient lake that once filled Death Valley.
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Lake Manly Details
Lake Manly was the ancient lake that once filled Death Valley. At its peak, the lake was 80 miles long and 600 feet deep, fed by glacial meltwater. As the last ice age ended and climate change rendered this area desert, the lake was cut off from its water sources and began to evaporate to the surface of the valley, although a huge underground aquifer still remains below. There are many reminders of Lake Manly in Death Valley, including the strandlines caused by wave action on Shoreline Butte and a variety of deposits that were once spits and sandbars. Occasionally, the lake reappears, as it did after floods in 2004 created a temporary 200-mile-long, two-foot-deep lake in the Badwater Basin area.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Lake Manly
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Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin is the lowest point in Death Valley and, as such, the lowest point in North America at 279 feet below sea level.
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Badwater Basin
Sitting 282-feet below sea level, this natural basin is the lower point in the United States and all of North America.
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Eagle Borax Works
The first borax processing operation in Death Valley, the Eagle Borax Works was established in 1882.
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Badwater Salt Flats Trail
The Badwater salt flats seem to stretch endlessly toward the horizon.
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Badwater Basin
The Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America, sitting 279 feet below sea level.
