How was The Great salt lake formed?

Answer 1

Salt water lakes ,like the Dead Sea, has no outlet. Solar evaporation from the water's surface far outstrips the amount of water flowing into it. The salinity increases until the water is saturated whereupon salt crystals precipitate out.

Irrigation of farmland causes the same , but less drastic,problem.

Answer 2

First, all water in the environment has some salt in it. "Fresh" water just doesn't have as much salt as "salt" water. In most lakes, the salt comes in with the water from a stream and goes out with the water into another stream. Oceans are salty because no water flows out of them. The water can evaporate and fall again somewhere else as rain, but the salts stay behind when this happens. Over time the salts build up and eventually are left at the bottom of the ocean. Some lakes are salty for the same reason. Salt lakes are also called "terminal lakes" because they're at the end of the water flow; no water flows out of them. So, just like the ocean, the water can leave by evaporation, but when it does it leaves the salts behind in the lake.

Answer 3

because of the minerals inside them are crytals

Answer 4

Great Salt Lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which covered an extensive area of the Great Basin and was once about 1,000 feet deep.

Answer 5

Glaciers melted and eroded minerals. The melted ice formed a lake that was salty.