The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the Utah, is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, and the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world. The lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its shallowness. For instance, in 1963 it reached its lowest recorded level at 2,460 km², but in 1988 the surface area was at the historic high of 8,500 km². The lake is the largest remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric pluvial lake that once covered much of western Utah.
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