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Western Gulls returning to roost for the night at the Salton Sea.

The Salton Sea Basin is an eight thousand square mile closed sub-sea level basin in the low desert of southern California.

Up until 1905 the Salton Sea basin was a vast dry lake which had held water several times in the past thousand years. In 1905 after an abnormally heavy winter season of rainfall and then snowmelt the man made Imperial Valley dike was breached. The flow from the Colorado River took nearly two years to be controlled. The result was todays Salton Sea.

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Western Gulls returning to roost for the night at the Salton Sea. <br /> <br /> The Salton Sea Basin is an eight thousand square mile closed sub-sea level basin in the low desert of southern California.<br /> <br /> Up until 1905 the Salton Sea basin was a vast dry lake which had held water several times in the past thousand years. In 1905 after an abnormally heavy winter season of rainfall and then snowmelt the man made Imperial Valley dike was breached. The flow from the Colorado River took nearly two years to be controlled. The result was todays Salton Sea.
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