salt pan
noun
: an undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation
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Surrounded by the savannahs of Botswana’s northeast, the pancake-flat Makgadikgadi Basin is one of the largest salt pans in the world.
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Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
Its main tourism regions—the Chobe River that forms its northern border, the flood plain of the Okavango Delta and the salt pans within the Kalahari Desert—allow for travel by boat as well as overland.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
That’s where Desert & Delta Safaris comes in, offering guests the chance to spend the night open to the elements on the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan (part of the largest series of salt pans in the world, according to UNESCO).
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
The deal made the highly degraded expanse of marshes, mud flats and salt pans off limits to development.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
In the country, Gujarat is the leading salt-producing state, followed by Tamil Nadu, where the port city of Thoothukudi is known for its salt pans.
—Sharmila Vaidyanathan, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2023
But even a desiccated salt pan of a lake, Dickman said, has its appeal.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
Nation/World Not for the first time, out on the salt pan, my mind had turned to death.
—Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
Not for the first time, out on the salt pan, my mind had turned to death.
—Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
Its main tourism regions—the Chobe River that forms its northern border, the flood plain of the Okavango Delta and the salt pans within the Kalahari Desert—allow for travel by boat as well as overland.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
That’s where Desert & Delta Safaris comes in, offering guests the chance to spend the night open to the elements on the Makgadikgadi Salt Pan (part of the largest series of salt pans in the world, according to UNESCO).
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
The deal made the highly degraded expanse of marshes, mud flats and salt pans off limits to development.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
In the country, Gujarat is the leading salt-producing state, followed by Tamil Nadu, where the port city of Thoothukudi is known for its salt pans.
—Sharmila Vaidyanathan, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2023
But even a desiccated salt pan of a lake, Dickman said, has its appeal.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
Nation/World Not for the first time, out on the salt pan, my mind had turned to death.
—Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
Not for the first time, out on the salt pan, my mind had turned to death.
—Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
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“Salt pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20pan. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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