General landscape of Mono Lake

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USA California Mono Lake Lee Vining Sierra Nevada Locate to the immediate east of Yosemite National Park Mono Lake is a terminal lake in a watershed fed from melting runoff with no outlet Dissolved salts in the runoff thus remain in the lake and raise the pH and the salt concentration The early people of Mono Lake were called the Kutzadika a who were the Yosemite Mono Lake Paiutes Mono Lake Paiutes foraged alkali fly larvae called kutsavi in their language Mono Lake was also referred to as Teniega Bah The origin of the term Mono Lake is unknown Apparently Mono is a Yokut term for fly eater The Kutzadika a did not use the term Mono

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Location: Mono Lake, Lee Vining, Inyo, California, USA
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Keywords: basin, california, forest, inyo, kutzadika, lake, mono, national, paiutes, scenic, tufa, usa