모노 호수

해발고도 1944 미터에 위치해 있으며, 면적은 약 180 제곱킬로미터이다. 염소, 탄산, 황산을 모두 포함하는 이른바 트리플 워터 호수이다. 물은 알칼리성이며 pH는 10에 달하기도 한다.

Mono Lake

Mono Lake is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake which make its water alkaline. The desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp, which thrive in its waters, and provides critical habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and alkali flies. Historically, the native Kutzadika'a people ate the alkali flies' pupae, which live in the shallow waters around the edge of the lake.