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Humboldt Sink

The Humboldt Sink is an intermittent dry lake bed, approximately 11 miles long, and 4 miles across, in northwestern in the United States. The body of water in the sink is known as Humboldt Lake.
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  • Type: Desert with an elevation of 3,894 feet
  • Description: anhydrous basin
  • Also known as: “Humboldt Valley” and “Unknown Lake”

Humboldt Sink

Latitude
39.99516° or 39° 59′ 43″ north
Longitude
-118.62226° or 118° 37′ 20″ west
Elevation
3,894 feet (1,187 metres)
Open location code
85F3X9WH+33
Open­Street­Map ID
way 747447382
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­desert
Geo­Names ID
5505852
Wiki­data ID
Q5940398
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Humboldt Sink” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Humboldt Sink”
  • Cebuano: “Humboldt Sink”
  • Chinese: “洪堡乾湖”
  • Galician: “Humboldt Sink”
  • German: “Humboldt Sink”
  • Hebrew: “אגן הומבולדט”
  • Italian: “Humboldt Sink”
  • Japanese: “ハンボルト・シンク”
  • Japanese: “フンボルトシンク”
  • Japanese: “フンボルト凹地”
  • Slovenian: “Humboldt Sink”
  • Swedish: “Humboldt Sink”
  • Welsh: “Humboldt Sink”

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