alkali flat
a level area, as a dry lake bed, in which evaporation has concentrated alkali minerals, as sodium sulfates and carbonates.: Compare salt flat.
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How to use alkali flat in a sentence
As it lay through an uninhabited alkali flat, the right of way could be easily obtained.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileEach "drive" brought together on some alkali flat thousands of the restless, milling, bawling cattle.
The Killer | Stewart Edward WhiteTrail dust sure does make a man's throat dryer'n an alkali flat!
Ride Proud, Rebel! | Andre Alice NortonRide down the barranca two hundred yards and you'll come to an alkali flat.
The Killer | Stewart Edward WhiteThe rear of the saloon was partitioned off into a "Ladies' Room," whose door opened on the alkali flat behind.
British Dictionary definitions for alkali flat
an arid plain encrusted with alkaline salts derived from the streams draining into it
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