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Salt Lake Valley is a large and populous valley in north-central Utah located in Salt Lake County . It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably West Valley City , Sandy , and West Jordan . The valley is surrounded in every direction except the northwest by steep mountains that at some points rise to an impressive 6,500 Ft (1,980 M ) above the valley floor. It lies nearly encircled by the Wasatch Mountains on the east, the Oquirrh Mountains on the west, the Traverse Mountains to the south and the Great Salt Lake on the northwest. Every entrance into the valley is extremely narrow and often congested. They include the Point Of The Mountain to the south via the Jordan Narrows , a gap in the Traverse Mountains, narrow entrances between the Great Salt Lake and Oquirrh Mountains to the northwest and the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountains to the north, and several canyons to the east including Parley's Canyon and Emigration Canyon . The Jordan River runs north through the valley between Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake bisecting the valley, and along with numerous mountain streams and reservoirs, provides irrigation water to the rapidly-growing valley. The only areas that have not been urbanized are near the Great Salt Lake and in the far west and southwest parts of the valley although even those areas are feeling the effects of Salt Lake's rapid expansion. Some experts are claiming that the valley will be urbanized rim-to-rim within the next 50 years. Interstate 15 runs north to south through the valley and Interstate 80 runs east to west from Parley's Canyon into Tooele County to the west (where it cuts across a portion of the Great Salt Lake). The Interstate 215 belt route, Utah State Route 154 , Bangerter Highway , and Utah State Route 201 are also major transportation routes. The Utah Transit Authority operates an extensive bus system and two light rail lines (known as TRAX ) in the valley. SEE ALSO |
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