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help| Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world, and the 37th largest lake on Earth. In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km), but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world, and the 37th largest lake on Earth. -
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Salt Lake City, Utah
The Great Salt Lake is separated from Salt Lake City by extensive marshlands and mudflats. -
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Great Salt Lake effect
The Great Salt Lake effect is a small but detectable influence on the local climate and weather around the Great Salt Lake in Utah, United States. In particular, snowstorms are a common occurrence over the region and have major socio-economic impacts due to their significant precipitation amounts. -
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Salt Lake City
The Great Salt Lake is separated from Salt Lake City by extensive marshlands and mudflats. -
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Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere, located in northern Utah, USA -
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Great Salt Lake Desert
The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large playa in northern Utah, located west of the Great Salt Lake. It is an arid region extending west from the Great Salt Lake to the Nevada border. -
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Salt Lake County, Utah
In addition, the Great Salt Lake is partially within the northwestern section of the county. -
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Salt Lake Valley
The Jordan River runs north through the valley between Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake bisecting the valley, and along with numerous mountain streams and reservoirs, provides irrigation water to the rapidly-growing valley. -
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History of Salt Lake City
U.S. Army officer John C. Frémont surveyed the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley in 1843 and 1845. -
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Utah
On May 10, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake.
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