Alvord Desert
The Alvord Desert is a desert located in Harney County, in southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is roughly southeast of Steens Mountain.[1] The Alvord Desert is a 12-by-7-mile (19 by 11 km) dry lake bed and averages 7 inches (180 mm) of rain a year.
Two mountain ranges separate it from the Pacific Ocean—the Coast Range, and the Cascade Mountains. The Alvord Desert is at an elevation of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m).
Alvord Desert Media
Setting sun reflected off the playa
Steens Mountain to the northwest from the Alvord Desert
Close-up of the surface, June 2018
References
- ↑ Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
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