Navajo Lake Utah
The about 60,000 year old Henri Knoll lava flow is in the foreground. The Navajo lake is at a 9000feet (2700m) altitude and through underground sinkholes feeds into two different drainage, one is north towards the Sevier river. ending up in the Sevier lake in the Basin and Range, the other one drains into the Virgin river, joining the Colorado river in the Gulf of California in Mexico.
This end of the lake is rarely under water, a dam across the lake separates this more porous part from the rest that serves as a reservoir. Because of the ample winter snow, helped by the rainy monsoon season, the entire lake is filled, and the dam is under several feet of water.
Navajo Lake Utah
The about 60,000 year old Henri Knoll lava flow is in the foreground. The Navajo lake is at a 9000feet (2700m) altitude and through underground sinkholes feeds into two different drainage, one is north towards the Sevier river. ending up in the Sevier lake in the Basin and Range, the other one drains into the Virgin river, joining the Colorado river in the Gulf of California in Mexico.
This end of the lake is rarely under water, a dam across the lake separates this more porous part from the rest that serves as a reservoir. Because of the ample winter snow, helped by the rainy monsoon season, the entire lake is filled, and the dam is under several feet of water.