Old 12-14-2017, 01:32 PM
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DesertDawg
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Originally Posted by saoutchik View Post
I did watch a documentary on the Aral Sea and Salton Sea a couple of months ago which was quite tough.
The Salton Sea is not that far from where I live, Sao. I went there back in February on a little driving vacation exploring the California desert. It does have fish in it (mostly Tilapia) but approaching the water line, there are scads of dead fish carcasses on the beach. It actually smells like the ocean when you approach it. Right now, the authorities are not quite sure what to do about it. It gets highly polluted from agricultural runoff, because (with some help from irrigation), the hot, dry Imperial Valley where it is located is a very productive agricultural region due to the year-round growing season. A lot of North America's winter vegetables come from the Imperial Valley.
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