salt flat

noun

: a salt-encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water

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Spend your days here exploring geysers, salt flats, and alien-like landscapes before melting into the Uma Spa, where treatments draw from the local environment for inspiration and involve volcanic stones and desert botanicals. Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024 Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada This 3.4 million-acre park, straddling California and Nevada, is known for its deep canyons, salt flats, and ghost towns. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024 One of the few exceptions is Botswana’s Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, the largest salt flats in the world and the remains of an ancient lake that was bigger than Switzerland. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024 The Salar de Atacama salt flats (pictured above) contain more than a quarter of the world’s lithium supplies. Amit Katwala, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2019 See all Example Sentences for salt flat 

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt flat was in 1816

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“Salt flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20flat. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

salt flat

noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water

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