saltpan

• Flache, meist in Wüstenregionen gelegene Becken, in denen sich Salz und Gips durch Verdunstung von Salzwasser abgelagert haben. Auch eine Anlage zur Salzgewinnung durch Verdunstung von Meer- oder Solewasser.

A shallow basin, typically found in a desert region, that contains salt and gypsum deposited by an evaporated salt lake.

1. Geological depressionC1formal

   A shallow natural basin, often found in arid or desert regions, where salt and gypsum accumulate after the evaporation of a salt lake.

   Salzpfanne

   • The saltpan stretched for miles, its white crust glistening under the sun.
   • Geologists studied the saltpan to understand ancient climate patterns.
   • After the lake dried up, only a vast saltpan remained.

   Synonymesalinasalt flat