The Great Salt Lake Desert is west of the lake. The Wasatch Range rises to the east of the lake, with several 11,000-foot mountains. Great Salt Lake lies in a region of the Western United States called the Great Basin. Record low water level: In 1963, the altitude at the water surface was 4,191 feet (1,277 m) and the lake’s total surface area was 937 square miles (2,426 square km). Record high water level: In 1986, the altitude at the water surface was 4,212 feet (1,283 m) and the lake’s total surface area was 2,300 square miles (5,956 square km).Total watershed area: 21,000 square miles (54389.75 square km), encompassing most of northern Utah and parts of Nevada, Idaho and Wyoming.Average altitude of the water surface: 4,200 feet (1,280 meters).Surface area: 1,700 square miles (4,402 square kilometers) on an average year.To learn more about the preservation of the Great Salt Lake, please follow these links: To help bring awareness to this crisis, we will be donating 5% of every case sold to local support for preserving the Great Salt Lake. As it shrinks, the entire Bonneville Basin ecosystem is fast becoming the largest source of dust along the Wasatch Front impacting not only air quality but speeding up the spring snowmelt impacting the water supply for the almost 3 million residents, the dust being comprised of natural and manmade toxins including mercury, arsenic, and selenium. SAVE THE LAKE - DRINK BEER WITH A PURPOSEĪs the largest remaining saline lake in the Western Hemisphere, the Great Salt Lake has shrunk by 2/3 since the late 1980s and is currently at its lowest level in recorded history.
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