Wide View of Armchair in Sand with Flooded Poles in Bombay Beach, The Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, California USA
The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake, located in the Colorado Desert in Southern California. The lake covers a surface area of approximately 376 square miles, making it the largest lake in California. Fertilizer runoff combined with the increasing salinity and inflow of highly polluted water from the northward-flowing New River have resulted in large algal blooms and elevated bacteria levels. The New River is considered to be the single most polluted river in America. Bombay Beach is located on the east shore of the Salton Sea and, like many communities along its shores, has had to contend with rising and falling water levels. A berm now protects the west end of the town but a portion of the town beyond the berm is either sunken under water or is half-buried in mud.
Size: 5985px × 3989px
Location: Bombay Beach, The Salton Sea, Imperial Valley, California
Photo credit: © Ian Grant / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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