Salton Sea

American  

[sawl-tuhn, -tn] / ˈsɔl tən, -tn /

noun

1. 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 Salton Sink. 236 feet (72 meters) below sea level.

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Example Sentences

A 2023 survey by the UCR School of Medicine showed more than one in five children in communities near the Salton Sea have asthma — almost twice the state average.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

When averaged over the year, Imperial Valley and Salton Sea Basin have twice the state limit for larger particles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

It is a line that haunts the Salton Sea region, where Givhan has set her latest novel and infuses the toxic air upon which her characters must survive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

There’s a lithium bonanza happening at the Salton Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Only fifty miles from the limousines and exclusive tennis clubs and lush green fairways of Palm Springs, the west shore of the Salton Sea had once been the site of intense real estate speculation.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer