Salton Sea

[ sawl-tuhn, -tn ]

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noun

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 Salton Sink. 236 feet (72 meters) below sea level.

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.

The lowest part, now filled with water, is usually called the Salton Sea.

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