Badwater Basin
At the lowest point of the valley, Badwater is an area of salt pans and springs. This pan, formed mostly from a lake that dried up about two thousand years ago, shows many nice features. From time to time, the basin floods creating small lakes that last a few months. The last lake, in the winter of 2004-5, was about three feet deep. Kayaking was temporarily added to the list of things to do in the valley.
“New Lake Manly” – Special Section
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