sabkha

British  

/ ˈsæbxə, -kə /

noun

1. a flat coastal plain with a salt crust, common in Arabia

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sabkha Scientific  

/ săb′kə /

1. A flat area between a desert and an ocean, characterized by a crusty surface consisting of evaporite deposits (including salt, gypsum, and calcium carbonate), windblown sediments, and tidal deposits. Sabkhas form primarily through the evaporation of sea water that seeps upward from a shallow water table and through the drying of windblown sea spray.

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Etymology

Origin of sabkha

C19: from Arabic

Example Sentences

It overtook them in soil known as "Sabkha," signifying low-lying clay mixed with salt, churned by wet into greasy, sticky mud.

From Project Gutenberg

Taken together, the book of rocks we were reading today suggests that the environment was most likely a sabkha, a setting commonly found along ocean margins in hot, dry environments.

From New York Times