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Great Salt Lake Research Paper

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GREAT SALT LAKE:
Great Salt Lake we all know is the largest natural river located in the West of Mississippi River. It is approximately 75 miles long and about 35 miles wide.
How did the Great Salt Lake originated?
Initially Great Salt Lake is a part of Lake Bonneville. Lake Bonneville is a great ice age lake that rose dramatically from a small saline lake 30,000 years ago. After the ice age the earth 's climate became drier and Lake Bonneville gradually receded to form Great Salt Lake.
Have you ever thought why it is called Great Salt Lake?
We all know that seas are said to be salty but rivers and lakes are not. Great Salt Lake in spite of being a lake is said to be the world’s largest salt water lake.
Why the lake is Salty?
As water flows

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