Salt Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed March 16, 2011 intermittent
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in
Riverside County,
California, flowing into the north shore of the
Salton Sea. Its discharge point is located north of Salt Creek Beach in the
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
The Salton Sea State Recreation Area offers hunting, fishing, swimming, and camping to visitors on the northeastern side of the Salton Sea.
Recreation
The Salton Sea State Recreation Area is run by the California Department of Parks and Recreati ...
. It is an important habitat of
desert pupfish, containing a population of 159 fish. Salt creek is also a birding spot for birds that winter in the Salton Sea.
[https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/639/files/SaltonSeaSRAWebLayout2013.pdf ]
Sources
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Rivers of Riverside County, California
Tributaries of the Salton Sea
Rivers of Southern California
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