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The Salton Sea, largest lake in California, is not a natural lake, but the result of a disaster. An attempt at irrigating Imperial Valley by the Imperial Canal diverting water from the Colorado River led to massive flooding and Salton Sea was the result. It has no outlet and is on the site of a forming salt mining operation, so is saltier than the ocean. This is not much of a fishing lake, since its salinity is so very high, but the Tilapia remains very common and Corvina, Gulf Croaker, and Sargo are quite catchable. Birds are far, far more common - over 400 species of birds gather here, many of them waterfowl or shorebirds, and birding is a popular activity. Kayakers, boaters, and waterskiiers also frequent the lake.
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