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Examples of salt lake in a Sentence
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Straddling Europe and Asia, this inland salt lake borders Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
The Imperiled Inland Sea Twenty years ago, scholar W. D. Williams predicted the loss of salt lakes around the world.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Found naturally in seawater, salt lake brines, crustal rocks, and deposits, magnesium makes up 13 percent of Earth’s mass and is the eighth most abundant element in the planet’s crust.
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Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
These two impacts could make water saltier—so, in Western Australia, scientists are expecting to see more pink lakes, says Angus Lawrie, a salt lake ecology specialist at Murdoch University, to Lauren Smith and Anthony Pancia of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
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Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1763, in the meaning defined above
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“Salt lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20lake. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
salt lake
noun
: a lake that has become salty through evaporation
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