salt flat

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noun

an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water.

Compare alkali flat.

Origin of salt flat

First recorded in 1870–75

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British Dictionary definitions for salt flat

salt flat

noun

a flat expanse of salt left by the total evaporation of a body of water

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