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Slide 2:Many of these basins have no external link to the ocean and thus the lakes are "terminal lakes" or dry salt flats. The photo above shows the Bonneville Salt Flats at sunset. You can learn about the hydrological characteristics of terminal lakes from the Utah Water Atlas as well as the online Utah History Encyclopaedia article on the Great Salt Lake (GSL) found in the online Utah History Encyclopaedia. Image credit: Robert E. Ford, Westminster College of Salt Lake City. |
