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Definition of salt lake
: a landlocked body of water that has become salty through evaporation
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Recent Examples on the Web Competitors came up with a host of answers: The holes might be remnants of meteorites, or maybe dried up salt lakes, some said.
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Author: Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Anchorage Daily News, "NASA baffled by mysterious ice circles in the Arctic," 24 Apr. 2018 Competitors came up with a host of answers: The holes might be remnants of meteorites, or maybe dried up salt lakes, some said.
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The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "NASA baffled by mysterious ice circles in the Arctic," 23 Apr. 2018 There’s the lithium on the salt lakes in Bolivia; mineral has accrued over millions of years.
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James Vincent, The Verge, "This beautiful map shows everything that powers an Amazon Echo, from data mines to lakes of lithium," 9 Sep. 2018
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The first known use of salt lake was in 1763
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