<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Great Salt Lake </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Satellite photo from August 2003 after five years of drought, reaching near - record lows . Note the difference in colors between the northern and southern portions of the lake, the result of a railroad causeway . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Utah, United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> 41 ° 10 ′ N 112 ° 35 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.167 ° N 112.583 ° W ﻿ / 41.167; - 112.583 Coordinates: 41 ° 10 ′ N 112 ° 35 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.167 ° N 112.583 ° W ﻿ / 41.167; - 112.583 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Endorheic, hypersaline, generally 27% salinity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Primary inflows </Th> <Td> Bear, Jordan, Weber rivers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Catchment area </Th> <Td> 21,500 sq mi (55,685 km2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Basin countries </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max. length </Th> <Td> 75 mi (120 km) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . width </Th> <Td> 28 mi (45 km) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Surface area </Th> <Td> 1,700 sq mi (4,400 km2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Average depth </Th> <Td> 16 ft (4.9 m), when lake is at average level </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . depth </Th> <Td> 33 ft (10 m) average, high of 45 ft (14 m) in 1987, low of 24 ft (7.3 m) in 1963 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water volume </Th> <Td> 15,338,693.6 acre ft (18.92 km) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Surface elevation </Th> <Td> historical average of 4,200 feet (1,283 m), 4,190.3 feet (1,277 m) as of 2016 July 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Islands </Th> <Td> 8--15 (variable, see Islands) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Settlements </Th> <Td> Salt Lake and Ogden metropolitan areas . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Great Salt Lake </Th> </Tr>

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