Formed by accident in 1905 when the Colorado River breached its irrigation canal, the Salton Sea is endorheic, meaning it has no inflow or outflow.

About Saltwater Lakes Saltwater lakes develop due to the accumulation of salts in a water body with no outlet (endorheic basin).

This breathtaking freshwater lake has a surface elevation of an incredible 12,500 feet and is often dubbed the highest navigable lake in the world.

It is known as an endorheic basin - one that doesn’t drain into a larger body of water like a river or ocean and instead evaporates or seeps into the ground.

According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the Dead Sea basin is endorheic. In other words, the water has no river outlet to any of the oceans.

Situated between Europe and Asia, the Caspian is the world’s largest inland body of water; a colossal-sized endorheic basin — or a major lake — that is also bounded by five countries, Iran ...

In July, another park visitor died from heat exposure near Badwater Basin, an endorheic basin in the park. Emergency helicopters could not respond due to the extreme heat that day, which reached ...

Known as an “endorheic basin,” none of the precipitation falling to the ground within its bounds drains into any ocean, directly or indirectly.