Salton Sea
[ sawl-tuhn, -tn ]
/ ˈsɔl tən, -tn /
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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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How to use Salton Sea in a sentence
Looking down from a break in the hills one sees far, far beyond and below the grey stretches of the desert and the Salton sea.
Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway|Effie Price GladdingThe lowest part, now filled with water, is usually called the Salton Sea.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson