The Salton Sea

The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic crack lake found specifically on the San Andreas Fault, transcendently in California's Imperial and Coachella valleys. The most profound purpose of the ocean is 5 ft. 1.5 m higher than the most reduced purpose of Death Valley. The ocean is bolstered by the New, Whitewater, and Alamo streams, and additionally farming spillover, waste frameworks, and springs.

More than a large number of years, the Colorado River has streamed into the Imperial Valley and stored soil, developing the landscape and always showing signs of changing the course of the waterway.

For a huge number of years, the waterway has streamed into and out of the valley, on the other hand, making a freshwater lake, an undeniably saline lake, and a dry leave bowl, contingent upon stream streams and the harmony amongst inflow and evaporative misfortune. The cycle of filling has been about each 400– 500 years and has rehashed itself ordinarily. Fish traps still exist at numerous areas, and the Native Americans obviously moved the traps relying on the cycle.