saltpan

• 浅水盆地，常见于沙漠地区，因盐水蒸发而沉积盐和石膏。也指盐湖或盐碱滩。

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.

   盐沼

   • 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.

   同义词salinasalt flat