The current Salton Sea fills a fraction of the area once occupied by Lake Cahuilla (IMAGE)

San Diego State University

The current Salton Sea fills a fraction of the area once occupied by Lake Cahuilla

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The lakebed now occupied by the Salton Sea was once home to a much larger body of water known as Lake Cahuilla.

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Susanne Clara Bard

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