Alvord Desert
The Alvord Desert is a dry lake in Harney County, southeastern Oregon, at the eastern foot of Steens Mountain. The mountain rises more than a mile above the playa.
- Mud
- …lies at an elevation of 4,006 feet (1,221 metres)
- Description: dry lake bed and desert in Harney County, Oregon, United States
Alvord Desert
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Latitude
42.53695° or 42° 32′ 13″ north
Longitude
-118.46632° or 118° 27′ 59″ west
Open location code
85J3GGPM+QF
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mud
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Alvord Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صحراء ألفورد”
- Azerbaijani: “Alvord səhrası”
- Azerbaijani: “Alvorda səhrası”
- Catalan: “Alvord Desert”
- Cebuano: “Alvord Desert”
- Chinese: “阿爾瓦德沙漠”
- Dutch: “Alvord Desert”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا الفورد”
- French: “Alvord Desert”
- French: “désert d’Alvord”
- French: “Désert d’Alvord”
- Georgian: “ალვორდის უდაბნო”
- German: “Alvord Desert”
- German: “Alvord-Wüste”
- Hebrew: “מדבר אלבורד”
- Hungarian: “Alvord-sivatag”
- Italian: “deserto Alvord”
- Italian: “Deserto Alvord”
- Lithuanian: “Alvordo dykuma”
- Persian: “بیابان آلورد”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Alvord”
- Russian: “Алворда”
- Russian: “Пустыня Алворда”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Alvord Desert”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fàsach Alvord”
- Spanish: “Desierto Avord”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Alvord”
- Spanish: “Desierto de Avord”
- Ukrainian: “Пустеля Алворда”
- Welsh: “Anialwch Alvord”
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