BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS UTAH - EUA

INTEGRANTES/TEAM MEMBERS  Cristian Giovanni del C. Gómez Parada  Diego Lorenzo Matías

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS/ SALAR DE BONNEVILLE  Imagine a place so flat you seem to see the curvature of the planet, so barren not even the simplest life forms can exist.  Imagine un lugar tan plano que parecerá ver la curvatura del planeta, tan estéril no pueden existir incluso las formas de vida más simples.

LOCATION/LOCACION The Bonneville Salt Flats are found west of the Great Salt Lake, in western Utah. The famous Bonneville Speedway is located in the western portion of the flats, near Wendover. It is perfectly flat and has a thick crust of salty soil. It looks like a frozen lake bed covered with snow. Las salinas de Bonneville se encuentran al oeste del Gran Lago Salado, en el oeste de Utah. El famoso Bonneville Speedway se encuentra en la parte occidental de los pisos, cerca de Wendover. Es perfectamente plana y tiene una corteza gruesa de suelos salinos.

GEOLOGY & ENVIROMENT/ GEOLOGIA Y MEDIO AMBIENTE The Salt Flats were formed when ancient lake Lake Bonneville dried up. The lake was huge, filling much of the Great Basin. It eventually shrank below its outlet and so its water became salty. As water continued to evaporate, salt deposits were left in many areas. The Great Salt Lake is a remnant of Lake Bonneville. Several roads probe the Salt Flats from many directions. They often extend into very remote locations where conditions are harsh and there are no services. Las salinas se formaron cuando lago antiguo lago Bonneville se secó. El lago era enorme, llenando gran parte de la gran cuenca. Con el tiempo se redujo por debajo de su salida y así se convirtió en su agua salada. A medida que el agua se evapore continuó, depósitos de sal se dejaron en muchas áreas. El Gran Lago Salado es un remanente del lago Bonneville. Varias carreteras sondean las Salinas de muchas direcciones. A menudo se extienden en lugares muy remotos donde las condiciones son duras y no hay servicios.

IMPORTANT POINT / PUNTOS IMPORTANTES  PAIS: EUA  CIUDAD: UTAH  CULTURA: NATIVO AMERICANA  LOCALIZACION: INTER-ESTATAL 90 – I-80  IDIOMA: INGLES  POBLACION : 0 ( 12 GUIAS TURISTICOS)

ANCIENT LAKE BONNEVILLE Although he never visited the salt flats, the area is named in honor of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville, whose expeditions in the 1830's proved the area was part of an ancient basin. During the last Ice Age, about 15,000 years ago, Lake Bonneville was the size of Lake Michigan. It covered one-third of present day Utah and parts of neighboring states. You can see traces of the shorelines, representing different levels of the receding lake, etched into the mountains surrounding the salt flats.

CONCLUSION  The Bonneville Salt Flats and the Great Salt Lake are remnants of ancient Lake Bonneville. Wind and water combine to create the flat surface of salt. Each winter, a shallow layer of standing water floods the surface of the salt flats. During spring and summer, the water slowly evaporates while winds smooth the surface into a vast, nearly perfect flat plain.  Las salinas de Bonneville y el Gran Lago Salado son restos del antiguo lago Bonneville. El viento y el agua se combinan para crear la superficie plana de la sal. Cada invierno, una capa superficial de agua estancada inunda la superficie de las salinas. Durante la primavera y el verano, el agua se evapora lentamente mientras que los vientos alisar la superficie en una vasta llanura, casi perfecto.

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