Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline body of water in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U S state of California.
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11 Facts About Salton Sea
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In 2020, Palm Springs Life magazine summarized the ecological situation as "Salton Sea derives its fame as the biggest environmental disaster in California history".
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The Salton Sea Authority had a consultant study the alternatives and in 2004 issued their preferred alternative.
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Salton Sea has a salinity of 44 grams salt per liter of its water, greater than that of the Pacific Ocean .
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California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment developed a safe eating advisory for fish caught in the Salton Sea based on levels of mercury or PCBs found in local species.
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Salton Sea has been termed a "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by Milt Friend of the Salton Sea Science Office.
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Salton Sea is about 15 by 35 miles, though it varies in dimensions and area with fluctuations in agricultural runoff and rainfall.
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Salton Sea and surrounding basin sits over the San Andreas Fault, San Jacinto Fault, Imperial Fault Zone, and a "stepover fault" shear zone system.
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The Salton Sea Buttes are volcanoes in the geothermal field of the same name.
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Salton Sea had some success as a resort area, with Salton City, Salton Sea Beach, and Desert Shores, on the western shore and Desert Beach, North Shore, and Bombay Beach, built on the eastern shore in the 1950s.
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