Detailed physical descriptions of lakes found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Lake Fryxell basin is formed by a moraine depression in a wider portion of the Taylor Valley. It has a number of moraine islands and shallower areas, as well as several relatively well developed deltas.
The lake is fed by at least 10 meltwater streams with a total drainage catchment of 230 km2. The lake is dammed to the southwest by the Canada Glacier and is topographically closed.
Date Range:
1993-11-01 to 2016-05-31
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/7d9fec7af7c424ec82eae5f7e9df1c3b
Dataset ID:
38