Description: Vintage Great Salt Lake Print Utah Old Travel Illustration Pen Ink Drawing This historic 90+ year old ORIGINAL PRINT, The Great Salt Lake, was carefully removed from a travel / destination book, published in 1933. Printed on stiff card stock, this vintage illustration would make for a beautiful, framed print. Page size is 7.25" x 10”. (00171) 2/23 Condition: Good Condition with some light toning to the pages due to age. There is a vertical crease down the middle of the illustration. Note: There is printing on the reverse side of the illustration which does not disturb the quality of the print. Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest Salt Lake in the western hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world, and the 37th-largest lake on Earth. In an average year the lake covers an area of around 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2), but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its lowest recorded level at 950 square miles (2,460 km²), but in 1987 the surface area was at the historic high of 3,300 square miles (8,500 km2). The lake is the largest remnant of Lake Bonneville, a pluvial lake which covered much of western Utah in prehistoric times. The Great Salt Lake is endorheic (has no outlet besides evaporation) and has very high salinity, far saltier than sea water. The Jordan, Weber, and Bear rivers (the three major tributaries) deposit around 1.1 million tons of minerals in the lake each year, and since water (but not the minerals) is constantly being evaporated, the concentration of minerals increases further. Because of its unusually high salt concentration, most people can easily float in the lake as a result of the higher density of the water, particularly in the saltier north arm of the lake, Gunnison Bay. The lake's shallow, warm waters cause frequent, sometimes heavy lake-effect snows during late fall, early winter, and spring. Although it has been called "America's Dead Sea", the lake provides habitat for millions of native birds, brine shrimp, shorebirds, and waterfowl, including the largest staging population of Wilson's Phalarope in the world. <div style="text-align:center"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://mostpopular.sellathon.com/?id=AC3470"><img src="http://www.sellathon.com/Resources/Images/countercredit.gif" border="0"></a></div>
Price: 15.95 USD
Location: Mountain Rest, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-11-24T15:52:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Pen and Ink
Style: Vintage/Retro
Theme: Famous Places
Subject: Great Salt Lake
