salt flat

noun

1. 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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of salt flat¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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

She looks at the stretching salt flats, and the water that has breathed life into their barren land.

From Seattle Times

“We want them to come back and be the classic beautiful white salt flats that they should be,” Andler said of her appreciation for the salt polygons.

From Los Angeles Times

Gypsum and carbonate strontium isotope ratio measurements were used to determine sources of water that carried the sediments to the salt flats.

From Science Daily