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The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline body of water in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
25 de feb. de 2023 · The Salton Sea, an Accident of History, Faces a New Water Crisis - The New York Times. The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face water...
21 de jun. de 2002 · The Salton Sea: Directed by D.J. Caruso. With Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzmán. After a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.
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- How The Salton Sea Was Created
- The Heyday of Salton Sea
- The Decline of A Destination
The Salton Sea was created in 1905 when water from the Colorado River spilled out of a poorly-constructed California Development Company irrigation system and into a basin in the desert. The lake then expanded in size for several years until workers were able to put a stop to the flow. By this time, a 400-square-mile body of water had formed on the...
The high salinity levels of the Salton Sea were actually quite beneficial at one point, serving as a major draw for eager tourists and boat owners. Per The San Diego Union-Tribune, more than 2,000 people showed up at Salton Sea in 1929 to observe boaters set five world speedboat records. Interestingly enough, because Salton Sea is more than 200 fee...
By the 1970s, rising salinity, shoreline flooding, and fertilizer runoff from nearby farmers led to an increase in environmental issues in the area surrounding Salton Sea and, thus, a decrease in tourism. Between 1976 and 1977, a number of tropical storms also ravaged the region, destroying some of the best resorts and marinas. This only led to fur...
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24 de oct. de 2014 · BBC Mundo. Cientos de miles de peces en descomposición cubren durante todo el año las orillas del mar de Salton. En la distancia nada hace suponer que el mar de Salton (Salton Sea), en el...
El lago Salton o mar de Salton (del inglés: Salton Sea) es una depresión restante de lo que anteriormente se le denominó Lago Cahuila, que es parte de la depresión en conjunto con la Laguna Salada (altitud -12 metros). 1 Es un lago salado y endorreico ubicado en el sur de California, al suroeste de Estados Unidos, cuya altitud es de -65 metros...
Salton Sea, saline lake, in the lower Colorado Desert, southern California, U.S. The area that is now the lake was formerly a salt-covered sink or depression (a remnant of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla) about 280 feet (85 metres) below sea level until 1905–06, when diversion controls on the Colorado.
