Heavy floodwaters breached a canal system in 1905, and water rushed into the Salton Sink, according to the Salton Sea Authority. By the 1950s, the sea southeast of Palm Springs had become a desert ...

It formed by accident in 1905, when the Colorado River, swollen from heavy rains, broke through a canal and flooded into the dry Salton Sink. It took two years for the breach to be fixed — but ...

Once again a floodgate was omitted. In 1905, these human engineering errors allowed saline water to be carried from a flooded Colorado River into the Salton Sink area, thus creating the present-day ...

formed in 1905 when the Colorado River breached a dike and flooded the Salton Sink. Over the decades, it has become a vital habitat for migratory birds and a recreational destination for the local ...

Once again a floodgate was omitted. In 1905, these human engineering errors allowed saline water to be carried from a flooded Colorado River into the Salton Sink area, thus creating the present-day ...