5-08-18

A result of high winds and water levels this last season! Note the truncated grass cover and flooded (and now partly drowned) willows in the middle distance. Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada.

New wave-cut bench along the east shore of Washoe Lake, a result of high water levels and high winds this last season. The surf was cutting into stabilized sand dunes and vegetation cover that have been there for decades, so this hasn't happened in a while! The inset shows the wave incision a little farther along the shore. Looking south. Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada.