The Salton Sea: How A Little Whoopsie Turned into Ecological Disaster
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Located in southern Riverside and northern Imperial counties, the Salton Sea is California's largest lake. Although large seas have cyclically formed and dried over historic time due to natural flooding from the Colorado River, the current sea formed as the result of an accident during canal construction. And, ever since that moment, humans have been trying to figure out what to do next.
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