salt flat

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salt flat

noun salt flats

  1. A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt. Cold and dry, Neith has a thin nitrogen atmosphere and vast salt flats at its equator, which is warm enough for liquid water to pool during the summer period. The revealed salt is collected and sold to sodium-poor planets for agricultural purposes.

    Similar: salt pan

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noun flat expanse of ground with abundant salt

Españolsalinera
日本語塩田 enten
中文乾鹽湖 /干盐湖 gānyánhú, 鹽湖 /盐湖 yánhú, 鹽池 /盐池 yánchí
Italianosalina

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@misc{salt_flat_2026,
  title = {salt flat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20flat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}