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

“Mono Lake stands in stark contrast to all other saline lakes in the West — including the Salton Sea and the Great Salt Lake — that are declining in elevation and facing significant environmental issues,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Another concern raised by California officials is how cutbacks would affect the Salton Sea.

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

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

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Far from L.A.’s suburban sprawl, a Salton Sea butcher is haunted by the disappearance of girls in a novel suffused in Latina and Indigenous cultures.

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