salt flat

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of salt flat

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The flood rapidly refilled the basin, drowning the salt flats and restoring normal marine conditions in less than 100,000 years.

From Science Daily

"The salt flats produce lithium, but one day it will end. Mining will end. And what are the people here going to do? Without water, without agriculture. What are they going to live on?"

From BBC

Walk the vast salt flats of Death Valley.

From Los Angeles Times

A highlight for her is visiting the salt flats high up in the Andes where the lithium is mined and life is "chill".

From BBC

About half of those who took part worked in jobs where they were exposed to high levels of heat, such as agriculture, brick kilns and salt flats.

From BBC