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Salton Sea is an inland lake with high concentrations of salt, which formed when the Colorado River flooded when irrigation controls gave way. Salton Sea is found within the Riverside county lines and well as the Imperial County and fed by the New River, the Whitewater River and Alamo River.
Salton Sea is located at the lowest point of the Salton Sink, a part of the Colorado desert in southern California. Its area is approximately 376 square miles, dimensions vary due to changes caused by runoff and rainfall. Salton Sea is rather shallow given its size with maximum depths of only 51 feet.
Salton Sea is 220 feet below sea level, at its highest point, the sea is only five feet higher then the lowest point of Death Valley
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Fast Facts
- Salton Sea is California's largest lake
- Salton Sea is 25% saltier than the oceans
- Has no outlet and loses water only through evaporation
- Primary Sources: New River, Whitewater River and Alamo River
- Is 227 feet below sea level and 51 feet at deepest point.
- Location: Southeastern corner of CaliforniaSalton Sea Authority: About the Salton Sea
- Area: 376 square milesSalton Sea Authority: About the Salton Sea
- Volume: 7.5 million acre-feet
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Birds of The Salton Sea
Over 400 species of birds call Salton Sea their home, being coined The Crown Jewel of Avian Biodiversity the sea shelters birds like the American White Pelican and the Ross's Gull, and is a major Pacific flyway for many other species. -
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Greetings from the Salton Sea: Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905-2005 (Center for American Places - Center Books on American Places) - $25.00
The Salton Sea is a man-made catastrophe, redolent with the smell of algae and decomposing fish. Nevertheless, the lake's vast, placid expanses continue to attract birdwatchers, tourists and artists. In Greetings from the Salto...
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Salton Sea Atlas - $79.95
This comprehensive collection of maps and information about the Salton Sea illustrates the environmental, cultural, and ecological processes affecting a rich and complex ecosystem. Diagrams, text, photos, charts, and maps are used to docume...
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Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea - $26.95
Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California...
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The Salton Sea - $14.97
In the Imperial Valley of Southern California there is a little known body of water 226 feet below sea level, one of the lowest points in the United States. As there is no outlet from this sea, water is being removed only by evaporation, wh...
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