Roosevelt Standard | 1931-06-04 | Page 3 | California's Inland Sea

Cali fornias inland sea the tha salton sea Is s a lake ili ial the colorado desert in southeastern california under ordinary conditions it ft Is a salt marsh covered in places by shallow lakes and about 30 miles long 12 miles wide and feet below soa sea level at times of fres freshets fresh liets ets the lakes expand into a water body covering approximately acres water from the irrigating ditches ot of the imperial valley keeps the level odthe atthe late lake fairly constant and unless this Is diverted it will continue to maintain its previous ions area despite beavy losses from evaporation terraces slightly above sea level on the sides of 0 the basin indicate that there was formerly present a lake called lake cahuilla which was 12 miles long and SO 30 miles wide