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Salt water lakes ,like the Dead Sea, has no outlet. Solar evaporation from the water's surface far outstrips the amount of water flowing into it. The salinity increases until the water is saturated whereupon salt crystals precipitate out.
Irrigation of farmland causes the same , but less drastic,problem.
First, all water in the environment has some salt in it. "Fresh" water just doesn't have as much salt as "salt" water. In most lakes, the salt comes in with the water from a stream and goes out with the water into another stream. Oceans are salty because no water flows out of them. The water can evaporate and fall again somewhere else as rain, but the salts stay behind when this happens. Over time the salts build up and eventually are left at the bottom of the ocean. Some lakes are salty for the same reason. Salt lakes are also called "terminal lakes" because they're at the end of the water flow; no water flows out of them. So, just like the ocean, the water can leave by evaporation, but when it does it leaves the salts behind in the lake.
Great Salt Lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which covered an extensive area of the Great Basin and was once about 1,000 feet deep.
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What great American lake was formed by accident?
The Great salt lake
Is the Great Salt Lake the only Great Salt Lake in the world?
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the only lake with the name "Great Salt Lake" but it is not the only saltwater lake in the world.
What is the body of water that is found in Utah?
The Great Salt Lake is located in the northern part of Utah. It is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.
What is unusual about the great salt lake?
The Great Salt Lake is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.
Was the great salt lake formed by a glacier?
yes from the cintinental period a glacier swept acrost and made a hole and the glacier melted and formed the salt lakes
Locate a large lake in Utah . what is its name.?
the great salt lake
What is the lake that has salt?
The Great Salt Lake
How is the Great Salt Lake related to the Great Salt Lake?
The Great Salt Lake is located in the northern part of Utah. It is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.
What state is the great salt lake in?
The Great Salt Lake is located in the northern part of Utah.
What is the Great Salt Lake ranked in size?
The Great Salt Lake is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.
What colors are in the Great Salt Lake?
The Great Salt Lake is purple and green.
Which Great Salt Lake is largest and which is smallest?
There is only one Great Salt Lake. Perhaps you meant to ask about the Great Lakes, which are not the same as the Great Salt Lake.
