connecting it with an outlet or erodes the barrier blocking its exit. There are some seemingly endorheic lakes, but in fact they are cryptorheic, being drained either through manmade canals, via karstic phenomena, or other subsurface seepage. Lake Neusiedl, in Austria and Hungary. Lake Trasimeno, in Italy. Fucine Lake, in Italy. Now drained. Lake Velence, in Hungary. Lake Prespa, between Albania, Greece and North Macedonia. Rahasane turlough, the largest turlough in the Republic of Ireland. Laacher See, in Germany. The Lasithi Plateau in Crete, Greece, is a high endorheic plateau. A few minor true endorheic lakes exist in Spain (e.g. Laguna de Gallocanta, Estany de Banyoles), Italy, Cyprus (Larnaca and Akrotiri salt lakes) and Greece. North America The Great Basin is North America's largest and the world's ninth largest endorheic basin, covering nearly all of Nevada, much of Oregon and Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, and Wyoming. Notable enclosed basins include Death Valley, the hottest location on Earth; the Black Rock Desert and Bonneville Salt Flats, location of many of the new vehicle land speed records set since the 1930s; the Great Salt Lake, remnant of Lake Bonneville; and the Salton Sea. The Valley of Mexico. In Pre-Columbian times, the Valley was substantially covered with five lakes, including Lake Texcoco, Lake Xochimilco, and Lake Chalco. Guzmán Basin, in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The Mimbres River of New Mexico drains into this basin. Lago de Atitlán, in the highlands of Guatemala. Lago de Coatepeque, El Salvador. Bolsón de Mapimí, in northern Mexico. Willcox Playa of southern Arizona. Tulare Lake in the San Joaquin Valley in Central California, fed by the Kaweah and Tule Rivers plus southern distributaries of the Kings. Historically, in very wet years it would drain into the San Joaquin River. Agricultural development and irrigation diversions have left the lake dry. Buena Vista Lake at the southmost end of the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California, fed by the Kern River. Historically, in exceptionally wet years it would drain into Tulare Lake and then into the San Joaquin River. Agricultural development and irrigation diversions have left the lake dry. Crater Lake, in Oregon, a cryptorheic lake with subsurface drainage to the Wood River. It is filled directly by rain and snow, and has very little mineral or salt buildup. The Great Divide Basin in Wyoming, a small endorheic basin that straddles the Continental Divide of