salt flat

American  

noun

salt flats plural

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

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salt flat British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• salt flats
  plural

Etymology

Origin of salt flat

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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salt flat

EnergyX acquired the rights to extract lithium from more than 100,000 acres near Chile’s Salar de Punta Negra salt flat in late 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“We’re talking about a living ecosystem, because what you’re extracting from this salt flat is water. And water is life,” Garcés said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

"You have this seemingly dry salt flat, but there are nooks and crannies. And between the salt and the sediment there are little pockets of water that are really high in dissolved phosphate," Haas said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024

At the crest of the Andes in Southwestern Bolivia lies a searing white salt flat called the Salar de Uyuni.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 11, 2024

As we rode out and approached the location, we dropped a man every half mile until the hill and adjoining salt flat had been surrounded.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy