Lake Lahontan

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  • http://www.onlinenevada.org/ice_age_nevada_and_lake_lahontan www.onlinenevada.org/ice_age_nevada_and_lake_lahontan -- ICE AGE NEVADA AND LAKE LAHONTAN: Between about 25,000 and 11,000 years ago, Nevada's late ice age climate was much cooler and wetter than today. While glaciers only occupied mountain ranges, much of the vegetation was similar to that of today, although it was found in different settings. This interval represents the end of the Wisconsin Stage of North America's Pleistocene geologic period, and it is well represented by the Nevada's paleontology and geology. ...