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	Salton Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake, located in the Colorado Desert in Southern California, north of the Imperial Valley.
		The lack of an outlet means that the Salton Sea is increasingly becoming an unstable system: variations in agricultural runoff cause fluctuations in water level (and flooding of surrounding communities in the 1950s and 60s), and the relatively high salinity of the agricultural runoff feeding the Sea has resulting in an ever-increasing level of salinity.
		Since that time, the Salton Sea Authority has developed a preferred concept [2] that involves the construction of a large dam that would impound water to create a marine sea in the northern and southern parts of the sea and along the western edge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salton_Sea (2003 words)

	Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As part of this effort, which is based on State legislation enacted in 2003 and 2004 (SB 277, SB 317, SB 654 and SB 1214), DWR and DFG are developing a preferred alternative for the restoration of the Salton Sea ecosystem and the protection of wildlife dependent on that ecosystem.
		The Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Plan, Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and a proposed funding plan are expected to be submitted to the Legislature by December 31, 2006.
		The Salton Sea is located in a closed desert basin in Riverside and Imperial Counties in southern California, south of Indio and north of El Centro.
	www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov (639 words)

	Salton Sink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Salton Sink is located in Southeastern California near the Arizona border.
		The Salton Sea is located in the Salton Sink.
		The Salton Sink is also the eighth deepest place on earth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salton_Sink (101 words)

	Colorado River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This dike cuts off the flow of the river to the remarkable low area in southern California known as the Salton Sink, Coachella Valley, or Imperial Valley.
		The Salton Sink is located below sea level; therefore, the descent from the river near Yuma is very much greater than the descent from Yuma to the gulf.
		The lower course of the river, which forms the border between Baja California and Sonora, is essentially a trickle or a dry stream today due to use of the river as Imperial Valley's irrigation source.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_River (1613 words)

	Salton Sea Database Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The name 'Salton' appears to be from the fact that they had been mining salt in the area at least as early as 1815.
		After that, the general area is referred to as the 'Salton Sink' or the 'Salton Basin'.
		The Salton Sea was formed in 1905 when, while trying to cut a new irrigation channel into the banks of the Colorado River (the old channels had filled with silt) there were several unexpected, unseasonable floods that caused the entire Colorado River to pour into the basin.
	www.institute.redlands.edu /salton/Name.htm (288 words)

	DWR - Southern District - Salton Sea Reclamation
		The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, is located in the Salton Sink, a natural below sea-level depression extending from Palm Springs, California, on the north to near the Gulf of California on the south.
		The current Salton Sea was accidentally created in 1905 when a temporary diversion levee along the Colorado River failed, allowing the entire flow of the Colorado River to enter the Salton Sink.
		The Salton Sea Reclamation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-372) provided funding to the Salton Sea Authority and Bureau of Reclamation; outlined the goals of Salton Sea reclamation, as envisioned by Congress; and set a deadline for completion of environmental review and identification of a preferred alternative.
	wwwdpla.water.ca.gov /sd/environment/salton_sea.html (1257 words)

	Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program > Salton Sea History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Salton Sea was formed in 1905 when Colorado River flood flows breached an irrigation diversion structure and temporarily flowed into the then-dry Salton Sink.
		The sink was once part of the Gulf of California in the distant geologic past.
		The Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation and Salton Sea State Recreation Area are located at the northern end of the sea; the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located at the southern end.
	www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov /documents/history.cfm (747 words)

	Salton Basin Historical Chronology
		The present-day Salton Sea is a body of water that currently occupies the Salton Basin, but it is certainly not the first to do so.
		Instead of evaporating over a period of years, today's Salton Sea is maintained, in large part, by agricultural runoff from irrigation in the Imperial and Coachella valleys.
		It is the forerunner of the Salton Sea Authority, consisting of representatives from local government agencies.
	home.att.net /~amcimages/saltonbasin.html (2038 words)

	Salton Sink Image Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Salton Sea is in the center of the image, with the Orocopia Mountains to the northeast of the Salton Sea and the Santa Rosa Mountains to the northwest.
		The bright green areas are agricultural centers; the area southeast of the Salton Sea is the Imperial Valley area, and the bright green to the northwest is the Coachella Valley.
		The tan-colored diagonal strip to the southeast of the Salton Sea is the Algodones sand dunes.
	www.sci.sdsu.edu /salton/salton_sink_image_inform.html (219 words)

	salton sea, rv rentals, bombay beach, salvation mountain. saltonsea
		The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake in the Sonoran Desert of extreme southeastern California.
		Both the Salton Sea State Recreation Area and the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge are located on its shores.
		The Salton Sea was formed between 1905 and 1907 when the Colorado River burst through poorly built irrigation controls south of Yuma, Arizona.
	www.americanrvrentals.com /salton_sea.htm (778 words)

	Historic California Posts: Naval Auxilary Air Station, Salton Sea
		In the postwar period, the continuing rise of the waters of the Salton Sea were a perpetual problem, and a series of dikes were built to prevent the Test Base from being flooded.
		The Salton Sink was a depression in the Imperial Valley of California, 280 ft. below sea level, containing salt marshes and seasonal shallow lakes.
		The Navy finally disestablished NAAS Salton Sea on November 13, 1946; however, an emergency seaplane facility consisting of a radio - beacon, a light beacon, a boat house, and a lighted 10,000-ft. seadrome was manned and maintained.
	www.militarymuseum.org /NAASSaltonSea.html (1040 words)

	Imperial Valley 1973 to 1992
		This valley, also known as the Salton Sink, the Salton Basin, and the Salton Trough, is actually an extension of the Gulf of California, cut off from the Gulf by the Colorado River's delta fan.
		The level of the Salton Sea is now sustained by an inflow of municipal and industrial drainage, as well as agricultural irrigation drainage, all of which flows through some of the old river beds that carried Colorado River overspill.
		Daniel T. MacDougal, 1914, The Salton Sea; a study of the geography, the geology, the floristics, and the ecology of a desert basin: Washington, D. C., Carnegie Institution, 182 p.
	www.nationalatlas.gov /articles/agriculture/a_ivalley.html (843 words)

	The Salton Sea: California’s Overlooked Treasure - Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Professor Blake was the first to explain the origin of the Salton Sink, to trace its ancient history, and to give a name to the great fresh-water lake it had once held.
		In a few words, the Salton Sea was a man-made accident, brought about by a strange set of seemingly unrelated natural disasters, and economic and political events in the late 1890s and early 1900s which combined to create the Salton Sea.
		As this ancient watercourse meandered westward in the direction of the Salton Sink, they were able to clear it out, enlarge it, and utilize most of it as a part of their irrigation system.
	www.sci.sdsu.edu /salton/PeriscopeSaltonSeaCh1-4.html (5764 words)

	USGS - Ground Water Atlas of the US, Segment 1, California, Nevada
		The Salton Trough, which is a topographic and structural trough that extends from southeastern California into Mexico, is an example of a terminal sink basin.
		The Salton Trough is divided into two parts by the Salton Sea--the Imperial Valley to the south and the Coachella Valley to the north (fig.
		The Gulf of California and its landward extension, the Salton Trough, are structural, as well as topographic, depressions beneath which consolidated rock is thousands to tens of thousands of feet lower than the consolidated rock in the bordering mountains.
	ca.water.usgs.gov /groundwater/gwatlas/basin/terminal.html (2863 words)

	Search Results for "Sink"
		...Carson Sink, swampy area, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), W Nev.; a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan.
		Composed of limestone rock, the region has many sink holes, caverns,...
		Salton Sea was formed as the Colorado River delta grew across the Gulf of California, severing the river's...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Sink (283 words)

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		The Salton Sea, located in the southeastern corner of California, is actually a lake which occupies a desert basin known as the Salton Sink.
		The Salton Sea Authority has recognized the Sea’s challenges and has begun the restoration process, to not only sustain the Sea, but also revitalize it as an environmental and economic wellspring.
		The Salton Sea Authority, along with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, has begun efforts to maintain the Sea as an agricultural drainage reservoir, restore the wildlife resources and habitats, stimulate recreational use, and provide an environment for economic development.
	www.saltonsealands.com (179 words)

	The Salton Sea, CA (DesertUSA)
		It occupies the Salton Basin, a remnant of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla.
		Presently, the fishery in the Salton Sea is thriving.
		Boat races have been popular at the Salton Sea since 1928 and continue to be at the Recreation Area with a 150- and 300-mile personal watercraft race.
	www.desertusa.com /salton/salton.html (1590 words)

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		The Salton Sea lies in the prehistoric lake bed of Lake Cahuilla in an area known as the Salton Sink or Salton Trough.
		The Salton Sea was formed in 1905 when the Colorado River broke trough a temporary diversion structure and flooded this area.
		Since this area, the Salton Sink, is below sea level (about 85 meters or 280 feet below sea level), all of the water in the surrounding area eventually makes its way here.
	www.uleth.ca /vft/SW_USA/destination8.html (197 words)

	Salton Sea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Salton Sea was formed as the Colorado River delta grew across the Gulf of California, severing the river’s northern part.
		The area was a salt-covered depression known as Salton Sink until 1905, when a flood on the Colorado broke through an irrigation gap in its levee; the river flowed into the sink for two years before being checked.
		The water level rose due to runoff from surrounding mountains and irrigation systems, but in recent years the sea’s size has decreased, its salinity increased, and fertilizer and pesticide pollution grown, harming both fish and bird life as well as the once-thriving tourist trade.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/SaltonSe.html (203 words)

	Salton Sea
		The Salton Sea is a 40 mile long inland sea formed by accident, and is now a briny agricultural sink, in one of the most arid places in the country.
		The entire flow of the Colorado River drained into the Salton Sink, rapidly filling it up with water, before the breach could be dammed.
		As the largest body of water in California, the Salton Sea is hard to miss on the map.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/CA3018 (263 words)

	History of the Salton Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Continued filling of the Salton Sink was finally stopped in 1907, when a line of protective levees was built by boxcars dumping boulders into the breach from Southern Pacific tracks.
		The Salton Sea is currently 35 miles by 15 miles and can be as long as 40 miles by almost 20 miles in particularly wet years.
		Interestingly, the bed of the Salton Sea is only five feet higher than the lowest spot in Death Valley.
	pennsguideservice.netfirms.com /history.html (283 words)

	Salton Sea — Infoplease.com
		Feeding Ecology of Salton Sea Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.).
		Lunar landing: California's largest lake, Salton Sea is one of the most bizarre boating destinations on earth.
		California's Much-Maligned Salton Sea - Is a Desert Oasis for Wildlife.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/a0843278.html (305 words)

	History Chronology
		The Salton Sea was so named in 1905, but its history begins in the Salton Basin of ancient times - a time removed some 10,000 years.
		1998: Congress passes Salton Sea Reclamation Act directing the Secretary of Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to prepare a feasibility study on restoration of the Salton Sea and submit it to Congress by January 1, 2000.
		2002: The Salton Sea Authority approves a contract with the University of Redlands to develop an environmental education curriculum focused on the Salton Sea.
	www.saltonsea.ca.gov /about/history.htm (2349 words)

	The Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
		In California, pupfish inhabited springs, seeps, and slow-moving streams in the Salton Sink basin, and backwaters and sloughs along the Colorado River.
		In the Salton Sink, desert pupfish populations were remnants of those that inhabited ancient Lake Cahuilla.
		After the Salton Sink was flooded in the early 1900s by diversion of the Colorado River, desert pupfish colonized the Salton Sea.
	www.cvmshcp.org /sp_43.htm (934 words)

	24/11/2003 -- CALIF: Salton Sea Plan Mired in Muck
		SALTON SEA — Scientists have uncovered a distressing secret about the lakebed of the Salton Sea: Portions of it are covered with a 50-foot-thick layer of silt the consistency of peanut butter.
		Backers of the Salton Sea had viewed the proposed earthen dike as part of a relatively cost-efficient $1.5-billion plan to create a healthier, environmentally balanced smaller lake for birds and fish.
		Under the so-called "Salton Lake concept," a significant amount of farm runoff would be diverted to a desalination plant.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=27227 (1364 words)

	Salton Water Wand Filtration - Water Filter System
		The Salton Water Wand is an easy-to-install, easy-to-use water filter system that replaces the water sprayer in your kitchen sink and provides great-tasting water for drinking, cooking, washing vegetables, and making ice cubes.
		The Salton Water Wand replaces all standard sink sprayers, and its filter not only improves the taste, odor and color of your tap water, it also reduces lead and chlorine, making it healthier to drink.
		The Salton Water Wand has buttons for two different operations, so if you don't need filtered water, you can still use the spray feature as usual for cleaning dishes or your sink.
	www.smarthome.com /91283.html (197 words)

	Journal of San Diego History
		During flash floods and high water periods, the water in the canal was often near the point of overflowing the top of the gate.
		Rockwood was aware of the efforts, over thirty years earlier, of Dr. 0.M. Wozencraft to develop the Salton Sink area of the Colorado Desert.
		The SILAS J. Because previous experience indicated that rock dumped into the river would simply sink out of sight and continue settling into the mud of the river bottom, placing brush mats under all rock dams was considered mandatory.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/75winter/imperialimages.htm (2097 words)

	Ecosystem Meltdown at the Salton Sea
		About 68 years ago, the 35,000-acre Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge was established as habitat for migrating waterfowl at the southern tip of the Salton Sea, California's largest inland body of water.
		Its inhabitants have been dying more quickly and in increasing numbers as the sea becomes saltier from a combination of more salt carried into the sea in runoff from industrial agriculture and an evaporation rate of about six feet a year, which concentrates the salt.
		The sea was formed in 1905 when the channelized Colorado River burst a dike and spent 16 months flooding an ancient dry lake, the Salton Sink.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/127/4963 (360 words)

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