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The three main rivers feeding the Great Salt Lake: the Jordan, Weber, and Bear rivers together deposit around 1 million tons of minerals in the lake each year. Since the lake has no outlet other than evaporation these minerals are locked into the space occupied by the lake. Over time, the concentration of these minerals has increased.

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it has no outlet, streams carry minerals into it, and it has a high rate of evaporation
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