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2006-07-25 09:53:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
Salt Lake City, Utah is indeed located right next the Great Salt Lake. The lake is saline because it has no outlet - there are rivers flowing into it, carrying dissolved materials, but there is no river flowing out of it (to carry the salts to the ocean). As the water evaporates, the dissolved salts simply accumulate, making the lake salty. Other bodies of water that have no outlet also can become saline, like the Dead Sea between Jordan and Israel, or the Salton Sea in southern California.
2006-07-25 09:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by jawajames 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is called the Great Salt Lake, and lies just a bit west of the city.
As for why, I'm not sure what you're looking for here, but it is the result of salts being left behind by evaporation of the lake water.
2006-07-25 10:01:41 · answer #2 · answered by Derek J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's called "Great Salt Lake". It's the big body of water visible on any decent map of Utah.
It's there because water drains into the lake from surrounding creeks, etc. but has no place to drain out. Thus, all the minerals carried into the lake have no place to go, and remain in solution when water evaporates. The lake is not particularly deep, reaching a maximum depth of 35 feet.
A similar phenomenon occurs in the Dead Sea in Israel.
2006-07-25 09:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. State of Utah, is the fourth largest terminal lake in the world, and the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. Great Salt Lake is endorheic (has no outlet besides evaporation), and therefore has very high salinity.
2006-07-25 09:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by williegod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 23:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it does! Salt Lake City, Utah has a huge lake that has a huge level of salt in it. I mean, do i hav 2 spell it out? Not as concentrated as the black sea, but....yea....u kno....
2006-07-25 09:57:42 · answer #6 · answered by Meg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, people used to go out and lay in it because there is so much salt no matter how hard you try to sink you can't, but then i guess it started to stink too bad or the burning of Saltair stoped people from going maybe both but it stinks so bad, and little brine shrimps live in it (gross). The rivers that used to drain in it deposited a lot of minerals and salt and there is no place for it all to go so it sits there instead of running into the ocean. its neat though, a lot of salt wash up on the shore and make huge salt crystals along the whole shore line.
2006-07-25 12:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea... it's called... let me think.... oh yes, The Great Salt Lake
2006-07-25 09:57:47 · answer #8 · answered by ranger beethoven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes very salty, It is because it is below sea level. Could not drain back to sea. Salt probably got there after the great flood.
2006-07-25 09:57:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a reason for everything. I don't know the answer though. That is where all our salt comes from.
2006-07-25 09:56:50 · answer #10 · answered by Snuffy Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋