great salt lake

The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particularly through lake-effect snow. It is a remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric body of water that covered much of we…
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particularly through lake-effect snow. It is a remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric body of water that covered much of western Utah.
  • Location: Utah, United States
  • Primary inflows: Bear, Jordan, Weber Rivers
  • Catchment area: 21,500 sq mi (56,000 km²)
  • Basin countries: United States
  • Max. length: 75 mi (121 km)
  • Max. width: 28 mi (45 km)
  • Surface area: 950 sq mi (2,500 km²) as of 2021

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org