#geology #utah #lakebonneville

Lake Bonneville was the largest Late Pleistocene paleolake in the Great Basin of western North America. The Western Interior Seaway preceded Lake Bonneville. Lake Bonneville was a pluvial lake that formed in response to an increase in precipitation and a decrease in evaporation as a result of cooler temperatures.** - Wikipedia
Area: 19,800 mi²
Max. depth: over 980 ft (300 m)
Age: about 30,000 years ago.
Location: Utah, Idaho, Nevada