Salt Creek (Salton Sea)
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Salt Creek is a 26 miles (41.8 km) intermittent stream
in Riverside County, California
, flowing into the Salton Sea
at Salt Creek Beach on the northern shore. It is an important habitat of desert pupfish, containing a population of 159 fish.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
in Riverside County, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, flowing into the Salton Sea
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in California's Imperial Valley. The lake occupies the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorado Desert of Imperial and Riverside counties in Southern California. Like Death...
at Salt Creek Beach on the northern shore. It is an important habitat of desert pupfish, containing a population of 159 fish.