Laguna Salada
E200141
Laguna Salada is a large dry lakebed and desert basin in northern Baja California, Mexico, known for its extreme aridity and below-sea-level elevation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laguna Salada canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desert basin
ⓘ
dry lake ⓘ endorheic basin ⓘ |
| accessFrom |
La Rumorosa area
ⓘ
Mexican Federal Highway 1 ⓘ
surface form:
Mexicali–Tecate highway
|
| characteristic | extreme aridity ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| drainage | endorheic ⓘ |
| ecosystem | desert scrub ⓘ |
| elevationRelativeToSeaLevel | below sea level ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting |
pull-apart basin
ⓘ
tectonic depression ⓘ |
| hydrology | ephemeral lake ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dust storms
ⓘ
extreme heat ⓘ off-road driving ⓘ |
| length_km | approximately 60 ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Sierra de Juárez ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baja California
ⓘ
Municipality of Mexicali ⓘ
surface form:
Mexicali Municipality
Sonoran Desert ⓘ Baja California ⓘ
surface form:
northern Baja California
|
| locatedNear |
Mexicali
ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
surface form:
US–Mexico border
|
| locatedSouthOf |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
US state of California
|
| locatedWestOf |
Mexicali
ⓘ
Sierra de Juárez ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra de Los Cucapah
|
| lowestElevation_m | approximately -10 ⓘ |
| nearbyFault | Laguna Salada Fault ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 2010 Baja California earthquake affected area ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gulf of California rift zone
ⓘ
Salton Trough ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Colorado River region
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Colorado River Valley
|
| risk | flash flooding during rare storms ⓘ |
| separatedBy |
Sierra de Juárez
ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra de Los Cucapah
|
| separatedFrom | Salton Sea ⓘ |
| surfaceType |
playa
ⓘ
salt flat ⓘ |
| tectonicActivity | earthquakes ⓘ |
| typicalState | dry ⓘ |
| usedFor |
film and commercial shooting locations
ⓘ
recreational off-road racing ⓘ |
| vegetationDensity | sparse ⓘ |
| waterSource |
occasional runoff from surrounding mountains
ⓘ
rare heavy rainfall ⓘ |
| width_km | approximately 17 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.