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    Owens Lake is a dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of...
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    flow to the river by court order, allowing the Owens River Gorge, the river bed in the valley, and Owens Lake to contain a small amount of water. The river...
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    Owens Valley (Mono: Payahǖǖnadǖ, meaning "place of flowing water") is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It...
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    Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California, in the United States. Crowley Lake is 15 mi (24 km) south of...
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    removed in 1961. Water exports from the Owens Valley to the City of Los Angeles in the 1920s led the Owens Lake to eventually dry up, causing alkali dust...
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    California water wars (category Owens River)
    Los Angeles prevailed and kept the water flowing. By 1926, Owens Lake at the bottom of Owens Valley was completely dry due to water diversion. The water...
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    S.) Humboldt Sink (northwestern Nevada, U.S.) Owens Lake (Eastern Sierra, California, U.S.) Pyramid Lake (western Nevada, U.S.) Quinn River Sink (northwestern...
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  • worse than Owens Lake". Imperial Valley Press. "Current Information on the Salton Sea". Pacific Institute. Retrieved 2022-07-14. "Drying of Lake Faguibine...
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    192, up from 134 at the 2000 census. Located in the Owens Valley next to the now mostly dry Owens Lake, the arid settlement is home to a major bottled water...
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    "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized...
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