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    Question

    Consider the following statements about Salton

    Sea:  1.    Mexico recently discovered the world’s largest Lithium reserve beneath California’s Salton Sea.  2.    It is a shallow, saline lake located in Mexico.  3.    It is a geological depression tucked between mountain ranges and lying below sea level.  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
    A 1 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1 and 2 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1 and 3 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The U.S. Department of Energy recently discovered the world’s largest Lithium reserve beneath California’s Salton Sea.  It is a shallow, saline lake located in the lower Colorado Desert, southern California, USA.   It is a geological depression tucked between mountain ranges and lying below sea level.  The area that is now the lake was formerly a salt-covered sink or depression (a remnant of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla) about 280 feet (85 metres) below sea level until 1905–06, when diversion controls on the Colorado River broke a few miles below the California-Mexico border and floodwaters rushed northward, filling the depression.

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