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.hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the modern reservoir, see <a href="/wiki/Lake_Lahontan_(reservoir)" title="Lake Lahontan (reservoir)">Lake Lahontan (reservoir)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wpdms_shdrlfi020l_lake_lahontan_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wpdms_shdrlfi020l_lake_lahontan_b.jpg/220px-Wpdms_shdrlfi020l_lake_lahontan_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wpdms_shdrlfi020l_lake_lahontan_b.jpg/330px-Wpdms_shdrlfi020l_lake_lahontan_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Wpdms_shdrlfi020l_lake_lahontan_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Extent of prehistoric Lake Lahontan</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Lake Lahontan</b> was a large <a href="/wiki/Endorheic_basin" title="Endorheic basin">endorheic</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_prehistoric_lakes" title="List of prehistoric lakes">prehistoric lake</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> that occupied modern northwestern <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> and extended into northeastern <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> and southern <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>. The area of the former lake is a large portion of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a> that borders the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_River" title="Sacramento River">Sacramento River</a> watershed to the west. </p><p>The lake was named by <a href="/wiki/Clarence_King" title="Clarence King">Clarence King</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Exploration_of_the_Fortieth_Parallel" title="Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel">Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel</a>. The name honors <a href="/wiki/Louis-Armand_de_Lom_d%27Arce_de_Lahontan,_Baron_de_Lahontan" title="Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan">Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan, Baron de Lahontan</a>, a French soldier and explorer.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Lahontan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_bonneville_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lake_bonneville_map.svg/220px-Lake_bonneville_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lake_bonneville_map.svg/330px-Lake_bonneville_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lake_bonneville_map.svg/440px-Lake_bonneville_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="663" data-file-height="570" /></a><figcaption>Lake Lahontan and other Late Pleistocene paleolakes in the Great Basin (such as Lake Bonneville) during the last major global glaciation. Lake Lahontan is shown in the context of western North America and the southern margins of the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets.</figcaption></figure> <p>At its peak approximately 12,700 years ago (during a period known as the Sehoo Highstand), the lake had a surface area of over 8,500 square miles (22,000 km<sup>2</sup>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with its largest component centered at the location of the present <a href="/wiki/Carson_Sink" title="Carson Sink">Carson Sink</a>. Near present day <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Pyramid Lake (Nevada)">Pyramid Lake</a> the depth of the lake was then about 900 feet (270 m)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 500 feet (150 m) at what is present day <a href="/wiki/Black_Rock_Desert" title="Black Rock Desert">Black Rock Desert</a>. Lake Lahontan, during this <a href="/wiki/Last_glacial_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Last glacial period">most recent glacial period</a>, would have been one of the largest lakes in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Climate change around the end of the Pleistocene <a href="/wiki/Epoch_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Epoch (geology)">epoch</a> led to a gradual <a href="/wiki/Desiccation" title="Desiccation">desiccation</a> of ancient Lake Lahontan. The lake had largely disappeared in its extended form by about 9,000 years ago. As the surface elevation dropped, the lake broke up into series of smaller lakes, most of which rapidly dried up, leaving only a <a href="/wiki/Dry_lake" title="Dry lake">playa</a>. These playas include the <a href="/wiki/Black_Rock_Desert" title="Black Rock Desert">Black Rock Desert</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Carson_Sink" title="Carson Sink">Carson Sink</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Sink" title="Humboldt Sink">Humboldt Sink</a>. The only modern remnants existing as true lakes are <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Pyramid Lake (Nevada)">Pyramid Lake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walker_Lake_(Nevada)" title="Walker Lake (Nevada)">Walker Lake</a>. <a href="/wiki/Winnemucca_Lake" title="Winnemucca Lake">Winnemucca Lake</a> has been dry since the 1930s and <a href="/wiki/Honey_Lake" title="Honey Lake">Honey Lake</a> periodically desiccates. The ancient shoreline is evidenced by <a href="/wiki/Tufa" title="Tufa">tufa</a> formations throughout the area. </p><p>Surprisingly, the watershed feeding Lake Lahontan is not thought to have been significantly wetter during its highstand than it is currently. Rather, its desiccation is thought to be mostly due to increase in the <a href="/wiki/Evaporation" title="Evaporation">evaporation</a> rate as the climate warmed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Recent computer simulations (using the <a href="/wiki/DSSAM_Model" title="DSSAM Model">DSSAM Model</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other techniques) indicate, if precipitation and evaporation rates within the watershed were maintained at their historical yearly maximum and minimum, respectively, and if diversions of the <a href="/wiki/Truckee_River" title="Truckee River">Truckee River</a> ceased, the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period#North_America" title="Last Glacial Period">Ice Age</a> extent of Lake Lahontan might return. </p><p>Archaeological evidence along the shore indicates the existence of the lake coincided roughly with the first appearance of humans in the region. The <a href="/wiki/Lahontan_cutthroat_trout" title="Lahontan cutthroat trout">Lahontan cutthroat trout</a> evolved as a predator species within the waters of Lake Lahontan, feeding on native <a href="/wiki/Tui_chub" title="Tui chub">chub</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catostomidae" title="Catostomidae">sucker</a>. This subspecies of <a href="/wiki/Cutthroat_trout" title="Cutthroat trout">cutthroat trout</a> survives today in tributary rivers of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a>, and has been reintroduced to Pyramid Lake and Walker Lake after being <a href="/wiki/Local_extinction" title="Local extinction">extirpated</a> during the 20th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Lahontan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lahontan_Valley" title="Lahontan Valley">Lahontan Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Modoc" title="Lake Modoc">Lake Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pluvial_lake" title="Pluvial lake">Pluvial lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bonneville" title="Lake Bonneville">Lake Bonneville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Corcoran" title="Lake Corcoran">Lake Corcoran</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Lahontan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bandung" title="Lake Bandung">Lake Bandung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tengger" title="Lake Tengger">Lake Tengger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundafan" title="Mundafan">Mundafan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Siberian_Glacial_Lake" title="West Siberian Glacial Lake">West Siberian Glacial Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Baltic Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancylus_Lake" title="Ancylus Lake">Ancylus Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Ice_Lake" title="Baltic Ice Lake">Baltic Ice Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littorina_Sea" title="Littorina Sea">Littorina Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastogloia_Sea" title="Mastogloia Sea">Mastogloia Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoldia_Sea" title="Yoldia Sea">Yoldia Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Russia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Komi" title="Lake Komi">Lake Komi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Great Britain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Harrison" title="Lake Harrison">Lake Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lapworth" title="Lake Lapworth">Lake Lapworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Pickering" title="Lake Pickering">Lake Pickering</a></li></ul> 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style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/James_Bay" title="James Bay">James Bay</a> drainage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Ojibway" title="Lake Ojibway">Lake Ojibway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_Sea" title="Tyrrell Sea">Tyrrell Sea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Champlain_Sea" title="Champlain Sea">Champlain Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Admiralty" title="Lake Admiralty">Lake Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Algonquin" title="Lake Algonquin">Lake Algonquin</a> (Multiple basins)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Arkona" title="Lake Arkona">Lake Arkona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Chicago" title="Lake Chicago">Lake Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Chippewa" title="Lake Chippewa">Lake Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Lake" title="Dana Lake">Lake Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Duluth" title="Lake Duluth">Lake Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Lake_Erie" title="Early Lake Erie">Early Lake Erie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Frontenac" title="Lake Frontenac">Lake Frontenac</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Houghton_(glacial)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Houghton (glacial) (page does not exist)">Lake Houghton (glacial)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Iroquois" title="Glacial Lake Iroquois">Glacial Lake Iroquois</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Lundy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Lundy (page does not exist)">Lake Lundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Maumee" title="Lake Maumee">Lake Maumee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Minong" title="Lake Minong">Lake Minong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nipissing_Great_Lakes" title="Nipissing Great Lakes">Nipissing Great Lakes</a> (Multiple basins)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Early_Lake_Ontario&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Early Lake Ontario (page does not exist)">Early Lake Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Saginaw" title="Lake Saginaw">Lake Saginaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Stanley" title="Lake Stanley">Lake Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tonawanda" title="Lake Tonawanda">Lake Tonawanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Warren" title="Lake Warren">Lake Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wayne" title="Lake Wayne">Lake Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Whittlesey" title="Lake Whittlesey">Lake Whittlesey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_River" title="Columbia River">Columbia River</a> system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Allison" title="Lake Allison">Lake Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Columbia" title="Glacial Lake Columbia">Glacial Lake Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lewis" title="Lake Lewis">Lake Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Missoula" title="Glacial Lake Missoula">Glacial Lake Missoula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a> system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bonneville" title="Lake Bonneville">Lake Bonneville</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lake Lahontan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound" title="Puget Sound">Puget Sound</a> system</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Skokomish" title="Lake Skokomish">Glacial Lake Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Nisqually" title="Lake Nisqually">Lake Nisqually</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Puyallup" title="Lake Puyallup">Lake Puyallup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Russell" title="Glacial Lake Russell">Glacial Lake Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glacial_Lake_Sammamish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glacial Lake Sammamish (page does not exist)">Glacial Lake Sammamish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Skokomish" title="Lake Skokomish">Lake Skokomish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Upper <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Chouteau" title="Lake Chouteau">Lake Chouteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Circle" title="Lake Circle">Lake Circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cut_Bank" title="Lake Cut Bank">Lake Cut Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Glendive" title="Lake Glendive">Lake Glendive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Great_Falls" title="Lake Great Falls">Lake Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Jordan_(Montana)" title="Lake Jordan (Montana)">Lake Jordan (Montana)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_McKenzie" title="Glacial Lake McKenzie">Lake McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Musselshell" title="Lake Musselshell">Lake Musselshell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Upper <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi</a> drainage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Kankakee" title="Lake Kankakee">Lake Kankakee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankakee_Outwash_Plain" title="Kankakee Outwash Plain">Kankakee Outwash Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Wisconsin" title="Glacial Lake Wisconsin">Lake Wisconsin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio</a> drainage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Monongahela" title="Lake Monongahela">Lake Monongahela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tight" title="Lake Tight">Lake Tight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teays_River" title="Teays River">Teays River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson</a> valley</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="California">California</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cahuilla" title="Lake Cahuilla">Lake Cahuilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Corcoran" title="Lake Corcoran">Lake Corcoran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harper_Lake" title="Harper Lake">Lake Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Manix" title="Lake Manix">Lake Manix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Manly" title="Lake Manly">Lake Manly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Modoc" title="Lake Modoc">Lake Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mojave" title="Lake Mojave">Lake Mojave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Panamint" title="Lake Panamint">Lake Panamint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Russell_(prehistoric)" title="Lake Russell (prehistoric)">Lake Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tecopa" title="Lake Tecopa">Lake Tecopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Thompson_(California)" title="Lake Thompson (California)">Lake Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_rift" title="Rio Grande rift">Rio Grande rift</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Alamosa" title="Lake Alamosa">Lake Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Estancia" title="Lake Estancia">Lake Estancia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Palomas" title="Lake Palomas">Lake Palomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_San_Agust%C3%ADn" title="Lake San Agustín">Lake San Agustín</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Atna" title="Lake Atna">Lake Atna</a></li></ul> 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