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lahontan, lake

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La·hon·tan   (lə-hŏn'tən)   
An extinct lake with surviving remnants in western Nevada and northeast California. It was formed by heavy precipitation caused by Pleistocene glaciers but largely disappeared after the end of the epoch.
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