Lake Alamosa is a former lake in Colorado. It existed from the Pliocene to the middle Pleistocene in the San Luis Valley, fed by glacial meltwater from surrounding mountain ranges. Water levels waxed and waned with the glacial stages until at highstand the lake (high water level in the lake) reached an elevation of 2,335 meters (7,661 ft) and probably a surface of over 4,000 square kilometers (1,500 sq mi), but only sparse remains of the former waterbody are visible today. The existence of the lake was postulated in the early 19th century and eventually proven in the early 20th century.
The lake eventually overflowed into the Rio Grande river system during the middle Pleistocene. The overflow cut down a valley that eventually drained the lake, leaving only the San Luis Closed Basin as a remnant. The Alamosa Formation is a rock formation left by the lake. Groundwater resources are contained trapped between sediments left by the former lake.
LakeAlamosa is a former lake in Colorado. It existed from the Pliocene to the middle Pleistocene in the San Luis Valley, fed by glacial meltwater from...
the Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge to the southeast. To the northeast of Alamosa lie the San Luis Lakes State Wildlife Area, the San Luis Lakes and...
San Luis Basin until a spillover event 440,000 years ago that drained LakeAlamosa, forming the Rio Grande Gorge, and fully reintegrated the San Luis Basin...
The Alamosa Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado. It preserves fossils. The formation was deposited by LakeAlamosa, a paleolake that existed...
at least 76 features in the US named Dollar Lake, according to GNIS: This article includes a list of lakes that share the same name (or similar names)...
New Town. Lake McKenzie in North Dakota from the Great Bend, south to the South Dakota border. Rio Grande basin LakeAlamosa in Colorado Lake Cabeza de...
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on three lines radiating from Alamosa and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad in Walsenburg. Much of...
Glacial Lake Albany was a prehistoric North American proglacial lake that formed during the end of the Wisconsinan glaciation. It existed between 15,000...
ICAO: KALS, FAA LID: ALS) (Bergman Field) is two miles south of Alamosa, in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. It sees one airline, subsidized...
engines. The other major back shop site was in Salt Lake City, Utah, built in 1883. The shops in Alamosa, Colorado primarily serviced narrow gauge rolling...
Como Lake Road is a designated Alamosa County Road and runs to the edge of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness just short of Blue Lakes. The Como Lake Road...
territory. Some of the tails advertised the cities of Laramie, Wyoming; Alamosa and Telluride, Colorado; Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Ponca City, Oklahoma; Garden...
Park City Lake Park Branch: Farmington (Lake Park Junction) to Lake Park Hooper Branch: Roy to Cox Pueblo–Alamosa line: Pueblo to Alamosa Old Main Line:...
song "The Singing Sands of Alamosa" on Bing Crosby's 1947 album Drifting and Dreaming was inspired by the sand dunes near Alamosa, Colorado, now Great Sand...
to expand their steam fleet, and the two SC-4's were shipped again to Alamosa, Colorado in early 2008. Beginning in May, while No. 1744 began to undergo...
The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,169-acre (4,520 ha) United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The site is located...
Trinidad Lake State Park is a state park 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Trinidad, Colorado, United States. The park protects Trinidad Lake, a dammed reservoir...
commissioned in 2013. SS Brainerd Victory Victory ship USS Beltrami (AK-162), an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned for service in World War II. USS Duluth (CL-87)...
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