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Safari company Desert & Delta organizes trips for travelers looking to soak up the stars across Botswana and Namibia, where guests can sleep in tents at remote locations such as the Makgadikgadi Pans, one of the world’s largest salt flats, and spend nights with uninterrupted star vistas.
—Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2023
The moon, a waxing gibbous, shimmered through clouds onto the salt flats.
—Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
At first, Lake Manly is difficult to distinguish from the miles of shimmering salt flats before it.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
For the first time since 2005, a lake — called Lake Manly — has formed in Badwater Basin, an expanse of salt flats within the park that are usually bone-dry.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
More than 30 companies are officially seeking permission to mine the water in the two salt flats.
—Megan Janetsky, Victor R. Caivano and Rodrigo Abd, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Thanks to floodwater from recent storms, there is currently a large, shallow lake over the usual salt flat of Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park in California—also the driest place in North America.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 24 Feb. 2024
Although water sports are a definite rarity for the hottest place on Earth, Park Ranger Abby Wines recently launched a small, inflatable kayak on the waters that now cover the salt flats of Badwater Basin.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
In a rare opportunity, Death Valley’s Badwater Basin — normally a salt flat — has enough water for kayaking, park officials say.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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Word History
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 17 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
salt flat
noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water
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