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| Location | Ruby Mountains, Elko County, Nevada |
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| Lake type | tarn |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 9,620 ft (2,930 m) |
Box Lake is a glacial tarn in the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County in the northeastern part of the state of Nevada. The Ruby Mountains comprise one of the many mountain ranges of the Great Basin in the western United States. Elko County is located in the western US state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 45291 A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain Lake or pool formed in a Cirque excavated by a Glacier. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain Lake or pool formed in a Cirque excavated by a Glacier. The Ruby Mountains comprise one of the many mountain ranges of the Great Basin in the western United States. Elko County is located in the western US state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 45291 Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. It is located on a shelf on the side wall of Box Canyon, at approximately , and at an elevation of 9620 feet (2930 meters). Along with Snow Lake, it is one of the sources of the stream which flows down Box Canyon. After exiting the mountains it merges with other streams to form the South Fork of the Humboldt River. The South Fork of the Humboldt River has its origins in a fan-shaped group of canyons draining the western slopes of the Ruby Mountains in northeastern Nevada
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