: a salt-encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water
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In addition to Chile being the world’s leading copper producer, the Salar de Atacama supports one of the world’s largest lithium reserves, extracted from the brine beneath the salt flats.—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025 Unlike traditional hard rock mining, mining water rearranges both the brine deposits at the center of the salt flat and the freshwater aquifers at its perimeter.—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025 Chilean lithium extraction occurs almost entirely in the country’s salt flats, striking desert landscapes that are home to thousands of flamingos and a great many Indigenous communities.—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025 While most 200-horsepower sport bikes top out around 190 mph, Indian’s Challenger is a bagger that can rival them straight down the salt flats.—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salt flat
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