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Coachella desertsnail

Cahuillus indioensis

Classification

Lake Cahuilla ( kə-WEE-ə; also known as Lake LeConte and Blake Sea) was a prehistoric lake in California and northern Mexico. Located in the Coachella and Imperial valleys, it covered surface areas of 5,700 km2 (2,200 mi2) to a height of 12 m (39 ft) above sea level during the Holocene. During earlier stages of the Pleistocene, the lake reached even higher elevations, up to 31–52 m (102–171 ft) above sea level.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 114