salt flat
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concept
A salt flat is a broad, level expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals, typically formed by the evaporation of shallow bodies of water in arid regions.
Aliases (8)
- endorheic basin ×11
- dry lake ×8
- salt lake ×8
- arid region ×5
- alkali lakebed ×2
- salt pan ×2
- dry lakebed ×1
- salt pan complex ×1
Instances (45)
- El Mirage Dry Lake ("dry lake")
- Caspian Sea ("salt lake")
- Great Basin ("endorheic basin")
- Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) ("dry lake")
- Dead Sea ("salt lake")
- Bonneville Salt Flats
- Rogers Dry Lake ("dry lake")
- Great Salt Lake ("salt lake")
- Pyramid Lake ("salt lake")
- Tarim Basin ("endorheic basin")
- Mojave Desert ("arid region")
- Western Desert ("arid region")
- Salar de Uyuni
- California, United States
- Soda Dry Lake ("dry lake")
- Soda Lake ("dry lake")
- Laguna Verde (Chile) ("salt lake")
- Tulare Basin ("endorheic basin")
- Devils Golf Course ("salt pan")
- salar de Atacama
- Mono Basin ("endorheic basin")
- Chihuahuan Desert ("arid region")
- Kyzylkum Desert ("arid region")
- Racetrack Playa ("dry lakebed")
- Alvord Desert ("dry lake")
- Lake Texcoco ("endorheic basin")
- Thar Desert ("arid region")
- former Lake Zumpango ("endorheic basin")
- Aral Sea ("salt lake")
- Salar de Arizaro
- Salar de Antofalla
- Lake Assal ("salt lake")
- Ivanpah Dry Lake ("dry lake")
- Poopó Lake ("salt lake")
- Owens Lake ("dry lake")
- Badwater Basin
- Makgadikgadi Pans region ("salt pan complex")