The Pit River Valley on the Modoc Plateau.
The Modoc Plateau is a geographic plot or a high plains in the west of the United States. The plateau is located in the extreme northeast of California and adjacent parts of Oregon and Nevada. The plateau is bordered to the west and southwest by the Cascades, in the northwest by the Klamath Mountains, in the north through the Harney Basin and in the southeast through the Great Basin, which is sometimes counted.
The area is spread across Modoc County and Lassen County, California, Washoe County, Nevada and Klamath County and Lake County, Oregon. Population and history
The sparsely populated plateau is named after the Modoc Indians, the original inhabitants of the area. In the second half of the 19th century, the flow of American settlers started to and especially through the area, especially after the settlers took the Applegate Trail to get to the west of Oregon. The contact between the settlers and the Modoc was usually hostile.
In 1864, the US government knew to convince the Modoc to move an Indian reserve. However, the Indians experienced the reserve as being too small and returned to their original place of residence, which caused the Modoc War of 1872-1873. Today, there is still a group of Modoc in Oregon. Nature
The plateau is on average around 1400 meters high. In the middle lies the more Goose Lake, on the border of California and Oregon. To the east, the Warner Mountains and beyond are the Surprise Valley; both are part of the plateau. The north of the plateau is drained by the Lost River, south through the Pit River.
The largest part of the plateau is a plain of volcanic origin, where the surface consists of lava flows and sinter cones. Part of the area is protected as a Lava Beds National Monument, where some lava tunnels can be viewed.
The area consists largely of wildlife. There are a number of wildlife reserves, including the Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge. On the plateau live muildier deer (Odocoileus hemionus), fanacea (Centrocercus urophasianus), Forkboka americana, Wapiti's (Cervus canadensis) and Couumas (Puma concolor). The annual trek of waterfowl also goes through the area.
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