salt flat
1salt flat — salt′ flat n. gel ecl an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water • Etymology: 1870–75 …
2salt flat — noun a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water • Syn: ↑salt plain • Hypernyms: ↑flat * * * noun : the salt encrusted bottom of an evaporated lake or pond * * * an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left… …
3Salt Flat, Texas — Salt Flat is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 62 and 180 north of the CDP of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County. [Rand McNally. The Road… …
4salt flat — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, alkali flat, alluvial plain, barren, barren land, barrens, basin, bottomland, brush, bush, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, desolation,… …
5salt flat — /ˈsɒlt flæt/ (say solt flat) noun 1. a salt lake in which the water has completely evaporated. 2. a flat expanse of land which is affected by salinity in the rising watertable …
6salt flat — noun Date: 1816 a salt encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water …
7salt flat — an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water. Cf. alkali flat. [1870 75] * * * …
8salt flat — noun a dry lake bed consisting primarily of salt …
9Uyuni Salt Flat — ▪ salt flat, Bolivia Spanish Salar de Uyuni arid, windswept salt flat in southwestern Bolivia. It lies on the Altiplano, at 11,995 feet (3,656 metres) above sea level. The Uyuni Salt Flat is Bolivia s largest salt encrusted waste area… …
10Coipasa Salt Flat — ▪ salt flat, Bolivia Spanish Salar de Coipasa salt flat, in the arid but colourful Altiplano of Bolivia, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of the city of Oruro, near the Chilean border. At an elevation of 12,073 feet (3,680 metres), the… …
