salt flat

noun

: a salt-encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water

Examples of salt flat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The famously bone-dry salt flats at the bottom of Death Valley National Park in California aren't the first spot where most experienced kayakers would expect to paddle out. USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 When one beach isn’t enough, take the bike path seven miles along the San Diego bay, past the salt flats, to Coronado. Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023 In its place were vast salt flats that shone in the sun and crunched underfoot. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024 Stretching for 200 miles, the salt flats have since become a popular spot for tourists drawn also by the scenic surrounding towering mountains surrounding them. USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 Owens Lake evaporated into a brine pool encircled by vast salt flats after its inflows were diverted to Los Angeles in 1913. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024 The lake formed at Badwater Basin in August, on what normally is a salt flat, after Death Valley National Park saw heavy rains and flash floods caused by the remnants of Hurricane Hilary, park officials said. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024 What is typically a dry salt flat at the bottom of Death Valley has for months been teeming with water after record rains and flooding have battered eastern California since August. USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024 The images show how the lake bloomed across the low-lying salt flat on Aug. 30. Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt flat was in 1816

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“Salt flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20flat. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

salt flat

noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water

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