Great Salt Lake

Summary

Great Salt Lake is a hypersaline lake^[1]. It draws 5,984 Wikipedia views per month (hypersaline_lake category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• Great Salt Lake is located in Box Elder County^[3].
• Great Salt Lake is located in Tooele County^[4].
• Great Salt Lake is located in Weber County^[5].
• Great Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake County^[6].
• Great Salt Lake is located in Davis County^[7].
• Great Salt Lake is in the country of United States^[8].
• Great Salt Lake's instance of is recorded as hypersaline lake^[9].
• Great Salt Lake's instance of is recorded as salt lake^[10].
• salt lake is named after Great Salt Lake^[11].
• Great Salt Lake's inflows is recorded as Jordan River^[12].
• Great Salt Lake's inflows is recorded as Bear River^[13].
• Great Salt Lake's inflows is recorded as Weber River^[14].
• Great Salt Lake's inflows is recorded as Deep Creek^[15].
• Great Salt Lake's basin country is recorded as United States^[16].
• Great Salt Lake's Commons category is recorded as Great Salt Lake^[17].
• Great Salt Lake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.166666666667, 'lon': -112.58333333333}^[18].
• Great Salt Lake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Salt Lake^[19].
• Great Salt Lake's external data available at URL is recorded as https://webapps.usgs.gov/gsl/index.html^[20].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[24].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[25].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[26].
• Great Salt Lake's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[27].

Body

Geography

Great Salt Lake is in the country of United States^[8]. Located in include Box Elder County^[3], a county of Utah^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1856^[30]; Tooele County^[4], a county of Utah^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1852^[33]; Weber County^[5], a county of Utah^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1852^[36]; Salt Lake County^[6], a county of Utah^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1852^[39]; and Davis County^[7], a county of Utah^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1852^[42].

Physical Characteristics

Great Salt Lake covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4400'}^[43]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1283'}^[44]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+120'}^[45].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include hypersaline lake^[9] and salt lake^[10].

History and Context

salt lake is named after Great Salt Lake^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Great Salt Lake include South Salt Lake^[46], a city in the United States^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1847^[49]; North Salt Lake^[50], a city in the United States^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 1946^[53]; Salt Lake City^[54], a city in the United States^[55], in United States^[56], founded in 1847^[57]; and Salt Lake County^[58], a county of Utah^[59], in United States^[60], founded in 1852^[61].

Why It Matters

Great Salt Lake draws 5,984 Wikipedia views per month (hypersaline_lake category, ranking #1 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[62] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[63]

Entities named for it include South Salt Lake^[46], a city in the United States^[47], in United States^[48], founded in 1847^[49]; North Salt Lake^[50], a city in the United States^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 1946^[53]; Salt Lake City^[54], a city in the United States^[55], in United States^[56], founded in 1847^[57]; and Salt Lake County^[58], a county of Utah^[59], in United States^[60], founded in 1852^[61].