saltpan
9.2
A flat, dry area where water evaporates and leaves a white salt crust
- noun
- /ˈsɔltˌpæn/
:
salina
- The saltpan dried up after months without rain, leaving behind a white crust of salt.
Examples
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The evaporating water in the saltpan revealed minerals such as gypsum mixed with the salt.
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In the summer, the local saltpan attracts tourists who come to see the unique landscape.
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- There's a saltpan three miles from here.
Synonyms
3
4.8
A flat area of land covered with salt after water dries
is a shallow basin that leaves a crust and other mineral deposits
salt plain
vssaltpan
1
3.9
A large flat area of land covered with salt after salt water dries
is a shallow basin rather than a broad flat expanse
8.4
A natural low area like a salt lake where water dries and leaves salt
is specifically a shallow basin that leaves crusts of salt and minerals
9.9
A large flat area of ground covered in salt, often in deserts
is smaller and basinlike producing crusts with gypsum and other minerals
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Saltpan is just salt + pan, where pan means 'shallow dish'. Think of a giant pan in the ground that holds salt when water dries up, so a saltpan is a flat basin in dry places where the water leaves a crust of salt.