Modoc Plateau

The Modoc Plateau lies in the northeast corner of California as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada.

Nearly 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) of the Modoc National Forest are on the plateau between the Medicine Lake Highlands in the west and the Warner Mountains in the east.

Its landform is volcanic table land ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level, cut by many north–south faults.

[5] The plateau supports large herds of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus canadensis), and Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).

The Lost River watershed drains the north part of the plateau, while southern watersheds either collect in basin reservoirs[clarification needed] or flow into the large Big Sage Reservoir, which sits in the center of Modoc County.