salt flat
noun1
A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt.
- Cold and dry, Neith has a thin nitrogen atmosphere and vast salt flats at its equator, which is warm enough for liquid water to pool during the summer period. The revealed salt is collected and sold to sodium-poor planets for agricultural purposes.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Neith:
- Synonyms
- salt pan
- Hypernyms
- alkali flat