This body of water is surrounded by the Orocopia, Chocolate, and Santa Rosa mountain ranges, and the Coachella Valley is an important outlet for this body of water.
This body of water is surrounded by the Orocopia, Chocolate, and Santa Rosa mountain ranges, and the Coachella Valley is an important outlet for this body of water. The planned cities of North Shore and Bombay Beach were created on the shores of this body in the 1950s. In 1997, researchers found a dinoflagellate in its waters which caused the death of many fish species and led to an extensive algal bloom depleting oxygen in the waters. The piping of water to the wetland Laguna Salada is a proposal to preserve this body of water, and another such proposal was for a canal linking it to the ► Sea of Cortez. Fed by the New and Alamo Rivers, and created in 1905 by overflow from the Colorado River, for 10 points, name this body of water of the Imperial Valley in California known for its high salinity content.
This body of water is surrounded by the Orocopia, Chocolate, and Santa Rosa mountain ranges, and the Coachella Valley is an important outlet for this body of water.
Salton Sea