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Major areas of the The Great Basin Desert have a high salt content, caused by the low rainfall and very high evaporation potential [for example, the Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake City lie within this Desert]. In salty soils the typical sagebrush community is replaced by saltbushes (Atriplex species) and often even these are scattered widely in the saltiest environments, where the soil appears white from the salt deposits (see second image below).

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