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The Goshute, a Western people, called this vast body of water Teittse Paa, meaning "bad water" |
the Great Salt Lake
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FJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
2023-12-01 |
#8985 |
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Flying over Utah, you might get a glimpse of this body of water |
the Great Salt Lake
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$200 |
J |
U.S. BODIES OF WATER |
2022-04-06 |
#8613 |
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A remnant of the ancient Lake Bonneville, it's the largest lake in the western United States |
the Great Salt Lake
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$400 |
DJ |
LAKES & RIVERS |
2020-03-19 |
#8184 |
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The Jordan, Bear & Weber Rivers deposit over a million tons of minerals into it annually, much of that chloride & sodium |
the Great Salt Lake
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FJ |
U.S. BODIES OF WATER |
2019-04-04 |
#7964 |
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In Utah it receives the Jordan & Weber Rivers |
the Great Salt Lake
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$600 |
J |
OTHER GREAT LAKES |
2016-05-13 |
#7300 |
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In area, it's the largest inland saline body of water in North America |
the Great Salt Lake
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$400 |
DJ |
A QUICK DIP IN THE LAKE |
2016-04-22 |
#7285 |
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This remnant of Lake Bonneville is the second-largest lake by surface area entirely within the United States |
the Great Salt Lake
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$400 |
J |
U.S. BODIES OF WATER |
2015-10-23 |
#7155 |
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Fur trader James Bridger was the first non-native to visit this saline lake |
the Great Salt Lake
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$200 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
2008-11-05 |
#5558 |
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This lake in the Western U.S. has a specific gravity that is 10-22% higher than that of fresh water |
the Great Salt Lake
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$200 |
J |
U.S. LAKES |
2004-09-24 |
#4610 |
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This lake is the remnant of former Lake Bonneville, which existed during the Pleistocene epoch |
The Great Salt Lake
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FJ |
U.S. LAKES |
1999-11-11 |
#3494 |
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Although some streams flow into this Utah lake, none flow out |
The Great Salt Lake
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$100 |
J |
LAKES |
1997-07-01 |
#2972 |
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It's estimated this Utah lake contains more than 4 billion metric tons of dissolved minerals |
the Great Salt Lake
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$200 |
DJ |
U.S. LAKES |
1996-07-02 |
#2742 |
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The Lucin cutoff, built across this lake, provided a rail link between Lucin & Ogden |
the Great Salt Lake
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$2,000 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LAKES |
1995-09-25 |
#2541 |
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When Jim Bridger discovered this body of water in 1824, he mistook it for an arm of the Pacific |
the Great Salt Lake
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FJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1995-02-08 |
#2408 |
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Between 1963 & 1987, this Utah lake more than doubled in size from 1,000 to 2,500 square miles |
the Great Salt Lake
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$100 |
J |
LAKES |
1994-06-23 |
#2274 |
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The largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, it's fed by the Bear, Weber & Jordan Rivers |
the Great Salt Lake
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$100 |
J |
LAKES & RIVERS |
1991-01-29 |
#1482 |
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The water in this large Utah lake is saltier than ocean water |
The Great Salt Lake
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$100 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1990-05-01 |
#1317 |
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There are no fish in this "great" lake which geologists say evolved from Lake Bonneville |
the Great Salt Lake
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$200 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1989-03-02 |
#1044 |
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Once part of Lake Bonneville, this lake, fed by freshwater streams, is more saline than the ocean |
the Great Salt Lake
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$400 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1988-01-05 |
#772 |
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Now at a record level, this Utah body of water is larger than Delaware |
the Great Salt Lake
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$200 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1986-10-09 |
#479 |
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It’s the largest lake remaining from prehistoric Lake Bonneville |
the Great Salt Lake
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$500 |
J |
LAKES & RIVERS |
1984-10-12 |
#25 |