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One of the few exceptions is Botswana’s Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, the largest salt flats in the world and the remains of an ancient lake that was bigger than Switzerland.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
The Salar de Atacama salt flats (pictured above) contain more than a quarter of the world’s lithium supplies.
—Amit Katwala, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2019
The Badwater Basin salt flats sprawl nearly 200 square miles and mark the former site of Lake Manly, an ancient lake that evaporated tens of thousands of years before the arrival of the ‘49ers and left concentrated salt deposits in its wake.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
Humboldt Penguin—Found In The Atacama Desert About 700 miles long, the Atacama Desert features sand dunes and low, coastal mountains of dry rock that descend into salt flats.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1816, in the meaning defined above
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“Salt flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20flat. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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salt flat
noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water
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