The Salton Sea is a unique shallow saline endorheic rift lake that is located within California's Coachella and Imperial Valleys, located directly atop the famed San Andreas Faultline. The lake's surface occupies the lowest elevations within the Colorado Desert's Salton Sink, reaching depths of 236 feet below sea level. It is home to the lively Salton Sea State Recreation Area, originally established in 1955. Today, the beautiful recreation area offers a plethora of year-round visitor attractions and recreational opportunities, including chances for boating, water skiing, jet skiing, hiking, birdwatching, and fishing. More than one million visitors come to the recreation area each year, which is also home to 1,400 campsites and hundreds of day-use picnic sites.

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