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Lakes in the desert receive their moisture from runoff of the desert which often contains dissolved salts. If the lake has no outlet by a river or stream, as the lake water evaporates it concentrates the salt content of the water.

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Actually, many desert lakes are salty. Consider the Great Salt Lake in Utah and the Salton Sea south of Indio, California.

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