Great Salt Lake

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noun

a shallow salt lake in northwestern Utah. 2,300 sq. mi. (5,950 sq. km); 80 miles (130 kilometers) long; maximum depth 60 feet (18 meters).

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Origin of Great Salt Lake

First recorded in 1840–45

Words nearby Great Salt Lake

Great Rift Valley, great room, Great Russian, Greats, Great Saint Bernard Pass, Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Satan, Great Schism, Great Scott

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How to use Great Salt Lake in a sentence

Great Salt Lake reached historic lows, dropping to 4,191 feet last week.
40 million Americans depend on two reservoirs that just hit record lows|Monroe Hammond|July 28, 2021|Popular-Science
But it was also about the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, threatened by the flooding of the Great Salt Lake.
Terry Tempest Williams Talks About Her New Book, ‘When Women Were Birds’|Susan Salter Reynolds|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
After a while Great Salt Lake lay sparkling in the sun and looking cool and blue.
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton
Intergradation has been noted in specimens from the eastern and southeastern shores of Great Salt Lake.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer

Great Salt Lake has not been so effective in isolating the animals living on the islands as heretofore has been thought.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer
Some of them visited the lake, which they called the Great Salt Lake, and bathed in its buoyant waters.
Historic Adventures|Rupert S. Holland
They nest very abundantly around the Great Salt Lake, placing their nests generally upon the bare ground.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed

British Dictionary definitions for Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake

noun

a shallow salt lake in NW Utah, in the Great Basin at an altitude of 1260 m (4200 ft): the area has fluctuated from less than 2500 sq km (1000 sq miles) to over 5000 sq km (2000 sq miles)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake

Shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah.

notes for Great Salt Lake

Largest body of salt water in North America.

notes for Great Salt Lake

Salt Lake City is near the Great Salt Lake.