Salton Sea by: Kaelee Henderson, Jesse H , Raul D

EQ: What is the Salton Sea

• Fish kills are caused when dense algea growth consume oxygen in the water.
• green water= dying algae
• brown water= large school of fish

The Oak Tree that glows in the dark!!

• This Oak Tree glows under a full moon on the Southern end of the Salton Sea. Erosion and high toxicity levels from farm runoff has left the Salton Sea increasingly contaminated.

why do so many people come

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• More reasons why people go to the Salton Sea is because the history behind it.

the history behind

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• The Colrado River transported tons of silt
• In 1905 engineers built a diversion in the Colorado River to divert water during a flooding

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• The diversion failed and the river filled the area of the salton depression to -195 ft.
• 1920's the sea reaches -250 ft.
• The Salton was left alone to be a storage for wastes and and seepage for irrigated lands

the Waterline

• Visible on the western shores of the Salton Sea
• Lake Cahuilla filled the desert basin.
• Indian fish traps have been found along that waterline.
• The Colorado River overflowed

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Resources

• http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/03/22/6320297-erosion-and-toxins-fr...
• http://www.sbcounty.gov/museum/exhibitions/saltonmk%20quick%20facts.pdf
• http://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/beach.jpg
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• http://saltonseamuseum.org/salton_sea_history.html
• http://www.pe.com/articles/water-756315-river-lake.html