2006-08-22 12:50:03 · 13 answers · asked by maryc 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Named after the nearby Great Salt Lake—in fact, the original name was "Great Salt Lake City"—the city is separated from the shores of the lake by marshes and mudflats.
The lake is the largest remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric lake which was roughly ten times the size of Great Salt Lake,[1] more than 1,000 feet (305 m) deep,[4] and covered much of present-day Utah and small portions of Idaho and Nevada. Great Salt Lake is endorheic (has no outlet besides evaporation), and therefore has very high salinity, far saltier than the ocean. The three major feeder rivers deposit around 1.1 million tons of minerals in the lake each year,[2] and the balance of evaporated water is mineral-free, concentrating the lake further. Because of its unusually high salt concentration, most people can easily float in the lake as a result of the higher density of the water, particularly in the saltier north arm of the lake, Gunnison Bay.[5]
2006-08-22 13:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by GyVuPhaYs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes the Great Salt Lake is there, that's why it's called Salt Lake. It's a huge lake that is really salty. Uhmm the thing is the Lake is slowly drying up. Where the shore used to be in the 50's it's now miles away. The tourist traps have mostly dried up too. Around the salt lake there is no life-- No fishes in the water, no plants growing around- no birds flying above. It's a lifeless void.
2006-08-22 12:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by cedykeman1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's right next to the Great Salt Lake!
2006-08-22 12:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Cattlemanbob 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh...The Great Salt Lake? It's huge. whre do you think the Bonneville Salt Flats came from? A prehistoric Salt lake, of which this is a remnant
2006-08-22 12:51:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ground there is salty and it is the only inland water that is salty in north america that isnt some how conected to the ocean. and it is call3d that becuz there is the salt lake there
2006-08-22 12:52:23 · answer #5 · answered by rocknrollskwurl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, There is a huge salty lake near there
2006-08-22 12:51:39 · answer #6 · answered by aggravatingprick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DUH! It is beside a huge salty lake. There is also a large salty desert where much of out table salt comes from. It looks like snow lying on the ground! Very cool!
2006-08-22 12:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by Empress ~of~Roam 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's also by a ton of salt flats =P
2006-08-22 12:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by Rawrrrr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Um, yeah. The only inland sea (saltwater) in North America.
2006-08-22 12:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-24 09:47:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋