Yanayin Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City tana cikin babban kwarin, kwarin Salt Lake, wanda gabashin Wasatch Mountains ya raba, wani yanki na Rocky Mountains, da Oquirrh Mountains zuwa yamma. Salt Lake City tana a 40°45'17" Arewa, 111°53'33" Yamma (40.754700, -111.892622). 

Dangane da Ofishin Ƙididdigar Amurka, birnin yana da jimlar yanki na 284.9 km2 (110.4 mi2). 282.5 km2 (109.1 mi2) na ƙasa ne kuma 3.3 km2 (1.3 mi2) na ruwa ne. Jimlar yankin shine 1.17% ruwa.      

Kamar yawancin garuruwan da ke arewa da kudancin birnin Salt Lake (duba Ogden da Provo), ya ta'allaka ne a gindin tsaunin Wasatch, wanda a wasu wurare ya tashi sama da ƙafa 6,000 (m1,850) sama da benen kwari.  Wannan yankin metro an san shi da sunan Wasatch Front.  Galibin filin kwarin an gina shi ne, sai dai wasu filaye da gonaki da ke bacewa cikin hanzari a gefen kudu da yamma na kwarin.  Wasu sassa na benci suna da gina gidaje.  Ƙasar kwarin ita ce gadon tafkin tsohon tafkin Bonneville, wanda Babban Tafkin Gishiri ya ragu.  Ƙasar da ke cikin kwarin galibi yumbu ne da yashi, wanda ke fallasa gine-ginen birnin ga ɓarna mai yawa sakamakon ruwan ruwan da girgizar ƙasa ta haddasa.  Wasatch Fault yana gudana tare da benci na gabas na birnin, kuma masana kimiyyar ƙasa suna la'akari da hakan saboda babbar girgizar ƙasa.  A ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, 2008 girgizar kasa mai karfin mita 6.2 ta afku a Gabashin Nevada mai nisan mil 42 yamma da Wendover, Utah kuma ana iya jin ta a arewacin Utah, gami da Salt Lake City (mil 200+ nesa).). 

Warm Springs Fault ya kai cikin garin Salt Lake City, yana gudana daga arewa zuwa kudu tare da W. Temple, kai tsaye kusa da Temple Square da cibiyar taron Salt Palace. Warm Springs Fault da East Bench Fault, duka rassan Wasatch Fault ne, an gano su a cikin 2021 don haɗawa a ƙarƙashin Salt Lake City. Binciken ya kara kimantawa game da haɗarin manyan lalacewar birni daga girgizar ƙasa.

Yankunan marshlands da mudflats a kudu da gabashin Great Salt Lake suna iyakance arewa maso yammacin birnin. Ruwan ruwa mai laushi ya shiga tafkin a nan, kuma ƙananan salinity ya haɗu da ƙasa mai laushi don haifar da girma mai yawa. A karkashin wasu yanayin yanayi, wanda ke faruwa kusan sau goma sha biyu a shekara, wasu daga cikin algae suna mutuwa kuma suna lalacewa, kuma iskar arewa maso yamma tana ɗauke da ƙanshin algae masu lalacewa a cikin birni. An san ƙanshin da "ƙanshin tafkin".