This is a topical guide to articles about the Salton Sea in southern California.
The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties in Southern California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The lake is about at its widest and longest. The sea has a surface area at . The Salton Sea became a resort destination in the 20th century, but saw die-offs of fish and birds in the 1980s due to contamination from farm runoff, and clouds of toxic dust in the 21st century as evaporation exposed parts of the lake bed.
Outline of the Salton Sea Geography Salton Sea Salton Trough Salton Sink Salton Buttes Field Clark's Dry Lake Alamo River New River (Mexico–United States) Salt Creek (Salton Sea) Whitewater River (California)
Communities Bombay Beach, California Desert Shores, California Salton City, California Salton Sea Beach, California
Environment and conservation Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Salton Sea State Recreation Area Salton Sea Authority Quantification Settlement Agreement
Miscellaneous California State Route 86 Lithium Valley North Shore Beach and Yacht Club Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea Charles Robinson Rockwood Bombay Beach (film) Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea The Salton Sea (2002 film)
See also Timeline of the Salton Sea Bibliography of the Salton Sea Coachella Valley Colorado Desert Imperial County, California List of lakes of California Mojave Desert Riverside County, California
References
External links – California Natural Resources Agency
– KQED Arts, September 5, 2014 (61 minutes)