Rocky Waterside at The Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Westmorland California
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.
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Location: The Salton Sea, California USA
Photo credit: © Ian Grant / Alamy / Afripics
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