salt pan
noun
: an undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation
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Collected more than 300 feet offshore at depths of nearly 35 feet, the water undergoes a treatment process inspired by salt pans, which enhances the saline density to nearly twice that of the Dead Sea.
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Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Botswana delivers a cinematic range of settings, from the salt pans near Jack’s Camp to the Okavango’s lush waterways surrounding Xigera Safari Lodge, or the combination of land and water safari at Wilderness Duma Tau.
—Erina Pinar, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
Burtynsky is best known for aerial shots of dramatic landscapes scarred by agriculture and industry, from copper mines to salt pans.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Once a freshwater lake, this former body of water has been reduced to a highly concentrated salt pan that is severely alkaline and toxic to most forms of animal and plant life except for flamingos, which prefer to forage on the surface.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Botswana delivers a cinematic range of settings, from the salt pans near Jack’s Camp to the Okavango’s lush waterways surrounding Xigera Safari Lodge, or the combination of land and water safari at Wilderness Duma Tau.
—Erina Pinar, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
Burtynsky is best known for aerial shots of dramatic landscapes scarred by agriculture and industry, from copper mines to salt pans.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Once a freshwater lake, this former body of water has been reduced to a highly concentrated salt pan that is severely alkaline and toxic to most forms of animal and plant life except for flamingos, which prefer to forage on the surface.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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“Salt pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20pan. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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