Lake Cahuilla

Lake Cahuilla was a prehistoric lake in California and northern Mexico. Located in the Coachella and Imperial valleys, it covered surface areas of 5,700 km2 to a height of 12 m above sea level during the Holocene.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vista Santa Rosa and La Quinta.

Vista Santa Rosa

Village

Vista Santa Rosa is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California. Vista Santa Rosa sits at an elevation of 69 feet below sea level. The 2020 United States census reported Vista Santa Rosa's population was 2,607.

La Quinta

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La Quinta is a city in Riverside County in Southern California. It is a desert resort city about 30 minutes southeast of Palm Springs. La Quinta is one of the nation's leading golf destinations, having 28 golf courses within the city limits.

Lake Cahuilla

Type: Reservoir
Description: prehistoric lake in the Salton Sea basin of California
Categories: former lake and body of water
Location: Riverside County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.63272° or 33° 37′ 58″ north

Longitude

-116.27352° or 116° 16′ 25″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

8555JPMG+3H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47123470

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

5364436

Wikidata ID

Q4217586

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Lake Cahuilla” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Lake Cahuilla”
Chinese: “卡惠拉湖”
Hebrew: “ימת קאווייה”
Indonesian: “Danau Cahuilla”
Japanese: “カウィリャ湖”
Russian: “Кауилья (озеро)”
Russian: “Кауилья”
Spanish: “Lago Cahuilla”
Welsh: “Llyn Cahuilla”

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