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saltpan
/ ˈ²õɔ˱ô³ÙËŒ±èæ²Ô /
noun
- a shallow basin, usually in a desert region, containing salt, gypsum, etc, that was deposited from an evaporated salt lake
Example Sentences
But in 1844, prospectors, who were looking for coal to heat saltpans, unintentionally struck even more rock salt at nearby Winsford.
We rode motorbikes out under the stars to a nearby saltpan, where I could see the Southern Cross constellation dipping beneath the horizon.
The saltpans about the estuaries of the Esk and the Eden were a source of revenue in the 12th century.
Nathan spent most of his time in moving about from camp to camp among the Trek-Boers and the half-breeds who dwelt among the saltpans in the central and southern portions of the Desert.
Their country contained no saltpans, and they were cut off from the sea by a strip of pestiferous jungle, which, moreover, belonged to the Portuguese or was supposed so to belong.
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