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Salton Sea

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A large saline lake in California's Sonoran Desert, formed accidentally in the early twentieth century when Colorado River floodwater breached an irrigation canal. Its shrinking, increasingly saline waters have become a significant regional environmental and public health concern.

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823.6 1
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Source Salton Sea (Wikipedia)
Source Salton Sea (Wikipedia)
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1. Salton Sea (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, area
  • Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Lead
    It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
  • Shaped By: Deposition and Sedimentation, Lead
    Over millions of years, the Colorado River had flowed into the Imperial Valley and deposited alluvium (soil), creating fertile farmland, building up the terrain, and constantly moving its main course and river delta.
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Wikidata: Salton Sea
Wikidata Q503301, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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