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Map of the Salton Sea drainage area. The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The lake is about 15 by 35 miles (24 by ...
The Salton Sea Refuge is located at the southern end of the Salton Sea. The land of the refuge is flat, except for Rock Hill, a small, inactive volcano, and is bordered by the Salton Sea on the north and farmlands on the east, south, and west. The refuge is composed of two disjunctive units, separated by 18 miles (29 km) of private lands.
Bombay Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States.It is located on the Salton Sea, 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Frink [3] and is the lowest community in the United States, located 223 feet (68 m) below sea level. [4]
An air of decline and strange beauty permeates the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California that is on the verge of drying up as it competes against coastal cities for dwindling water resources ...
Salton Sea Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, located 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of Desert Shores. [3] The population was 508 at the 2020 census, [ 4 ] up from 422 at the 2010 census, up from 392 at the 2000 census.
SR 86 north of Salton City, looking north. Salton Sea in the background. SR 86 begins at an intersection with SR 111, just east of the town of Heber, as Heber Road.After traveling west through Heber, and intersecting CR S31, SR 86 heads north and enters the city of El Centro (as 4th Street), having an interchange with I-8.
Salton Sea Map in 1914. Mortmere Station is seen on a map as early as 1914. Salton Sea c.1932, North Shore is visible in top center. A handful of communities were established along the Salton Sea shoreline. Among the first, and certainly the first on the northern shore, was Date Palm Beach.
The Salton Sea, California’s largest lake, has long been fed by agricultural runoff. The lake has been drying up over the last two decades as a result of a 2003 deal in which the Imperial ...