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

Tribal Chairman Joseph Mirelez described his people’s relationship to this desert, the Santa Rosa Hills and the adjacent Salton Sea as tangible.

From Los Angeles Times

Just this past summer, they visited the Salton Sea for a performance installation titled “angels of a drowning myth.”

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“Many of the pages of ‘Salt Bones’ were drafted while we were living in Chula Vista and making trips back to the Salton Sea and surrounding communities for research.

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

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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