saltpan

• Bassin peu profond, souvent situé dans des régions désertiques, où le sel et le gypse se déposent par évaporation d'un lac salé. Peut aussi désigner un marais salant ou une saline naturelle.

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.

   Chott (dépression saline)

   • 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.

   Synonymessalinasalt flat