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Salt Wash in the San Rafael Swell with white surface salts

2017 (approx.)

Detailed Description

Muddy Creek in the San Rafael Swell with white surface salts. 

Salinity loads that originate from groundwater within the Upper Colorado River Basin have decreased from 1986-2011, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study done in cooperation with the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.

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Public Domain.

Public domain

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