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View synonyms for salt flat
salt flat
noun
- an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising groundwater or a temporary body of surface water. Compare alkali flat.
salt flat
noun
- a flat expanse of salt left by the total evaporation of a body of water
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salt flat1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
To get into a Martian mindset, Bishop and her colleagues took inspiration from what goes on beneath some of the driest locales on Earth, in field sites like Antarctica and the salt flats of the Atacama Desert.
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