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Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 ...
This pumping project was designed to increase the surface area of the Great Salt Lake and thus increase the rate of water evaporation. The pumps drove some of the water of the Great Salt Lake into the 320,000 acres (1,300 km 2) Newfoundland Evaporation Basin in the desert west of the lake. A weir in the dike at the southern end of the ...
Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume: 2: ... Great Salt Lake: Utah: 15,000,000 acre⋅ft ... highest in elevation of large lakes 25: Lake Franklin D ...
On July 3, the lake's average daily surface water elevation was measured as 4,190.1 feet at the U.S. Geological Survey gauge at Saltair Boat Harbor on the southern end of the lake. Last year, on
The lake's only river outlet, the Jordan River, is a tributary of the Great Salt Lake. Evaporation accounts for 42% of the lake's outflow, which leaves the lake slightly saline. The elevation of the lake is at 4,489 feet (1,368 m) above sea level. If the lake's water level rises above that, the pumps and gates on the Jordan River are left open.
This is a list of bodies of water by salinity that is limited to natural bodies of water that have a stable salinity above 0.05%, at or below which water is considered fresh. Water salinity often varies by location and season, particularly with hypersaline lakes in arid areas, so the salinity figures in the table below should be interpreted as ...
Great Salt Lake State Park: Salt Lake: 162 acres (66 ha) [8] 4,200 ft (1280 m) 1978 396,911 Maintains a public boat launch and 320-slip marina on the Great Salt Lake. Green River State Park: Emery: 53 acres (21 ha) 4,050 ft (1234 m) 1965 56,828 Features a shady campground, nine-hole golf course, and float trip launching on the Green River.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir's worth of water rights to Utah's Great Salt Lake. Replacing grass with rocks and water-wise landscaping around neatly manicured churches.