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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
The Atacama, in northern Chile, is one of the driest and least populated places on Earth, but the metals industry is changing the terrain, with access roads creeping across pristine salt flats and the water-intensive extraction process leaving the ground pocked and scarred.
—Amit Katwala, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2019
This surreal combination of salt flats and giant cacti is a must-see for any traveler exploring Bolivia.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 20 Oct. 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 21 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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