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Salton Sea


Sal·ton Sea

S0048900 (sôl′tən) A saline lake of southeast California in the Imperial Valley region of the Colorado Desert. It was a salt-covered depression known as the Salton Sink until 1905, when flood waters of the Colorado River formed the lake.

Sal′ton Sea′

(ˈsɔl tn)
n. a shallow saline lake in S California, in the Imperial Valley, formed by the diversion of water from the Colorado River into a salt-covered depression (Sal′ton Sink′). 236 ft. (72 m) below sea level.
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Noun1.Salton Sea - a saltwater lake in southeastern CaliforniaSalton Sea - a saltwater lake in southeastern CaliforniaCalif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

Salton Sea


Salton Sea

(sôl`tən), saline lake, 370 sq mi (958 sq km), northern part of the Imperial Valley, SE Calif.; 232 ft (71 m) below sea level. The area was anciently the northern part of the Gulf of California, but during the Pleistocene the Colorado River delta grew across the gulf, severing the Imperial Valley from the gulf. Subsequently, during periods of plentiful rainfall, a lake formed in the region, but when the Spaniards arrived (c.1600) the area was a salt-covered depression that became known as Salton Sink. In 1905 a flood on the Colorado overwhelmed an irrigation canal and broke its levees; the river flowed into the sink for two years before being checked. The water level rose due to runoff from surrounding mountains and irrigation systems, but in recent years the sea's size has decreased due to drought, improvements in irrigation that reduced excess water for runoff, and the transfer of water away from the Imperial Valley to urban areas. As a result, salinity has increased, and fertilizer and pesticide pollution has grown, harming both fish and bird life as well as the once-thriving tourist trade. Airborne dust from the now-exposed dry lakebed also is a health hazard. A state park and a national wildlife refuge are on its shores. The sea has been an important stopping point on the Pacific flyway, but increased salinity and pollution threatens to make the sea inhospitable.

Salton Sea

 

a salt lake in the southwestern part of the United States, in California’s Saltón Trough. It occupies an area of approximately 630 sq km. In especially dry years, the lake exists as a collection of individual pools. The lake’s normal water level is 75 m below sea level, and the maximum depth is 6 m. Saltón Sea was formed through the separation of part of the Gulf of California by the delta of the Colorado River. It is fed by irrigation waters discharged into it from the Imperial Valley, which adjoins the lake on the south.

Salton Sea


Related to Salton Sea: Salton Sea State Recreation Area
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noun a saltwater lake in southeastern California

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