salt flat
noun
: a salt-encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water
Example Sentences
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Riza Cruz, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2022 Bolivia spent about $900 million on a factory and other infrastructure to extract lithium from the windswept Uyuni salt flat in Potosi, Bolivia’s poorest state and where the Spanish Empire once pillaged for silver. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 In Rio Grande, a town on the edge of the salt flat, residents expected lithium to bring jobs and modernity. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 On the beginner-friendly side of the spectrum are activities that require no special gear or skills, like digging for crystals on a salt flat in Oklahoma. Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2020 Then, a small fertilizer company called SQM in Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat borrowed a form of lithium extraction first pioneered in Nevada. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022 Internet sleuths like Himbotomy found Smith’s internet footprint in multiple obscure subcultures online, such as Zoobombing, salt flat racing, and amateur radio. Kaila Yu, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022 Independent research has found declining soil moisture and ground cover in the salt flat, along with rising daytime temperatures, evidence of a strong correlation between the expansion of lithium mining and the drying of the area. New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021 The health of the salar (salt flat in Spanish) constantly worries him, considering two major forces beyond his control: the warming of the planet and the mining industry’s extraction of water here in one of the world’s driest regions. New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021 See More
Riza Cruz, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2022 Bolivia spent about $900 million on a factory and other infrastructure to extract lithium from the windswept Uyuni salt flat in Potosi, Bolivia’s poorest state and where the Spanish Empire once pillaged for silver. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 In Rio Grande, a town on the edge of the salt flat, residents expected lithium to bring jobs and modernity. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 On the beginner-friendly side of the spectrum are activities that require no special gear or skills, like digging for crystals on a salt flat in Oklahoma. Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 7 Dec. 2020 Then, a small fertilizer company called SQM in Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat borrowed a form of lithium extraction first pioneered in Nevada. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022 Internet sleuths like Himbotomy found Smith’s internet footprint in multiple obscure subcultures online, such as Zoobombing, salt flat racing, and amateur radio. Kaila Yu, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022 Independent research has found declining soil moisture and ground cover in the salt flat, along with rising daytime temperatures, evidence of a strong correlation between the expansion of lithium mining and the drying of the area. New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021 The health of the salar (salt flat in Spanish) constantly worries him, considering two major forces beyond his control: the warming of the planet and the mining industry’s extraction of water here in one of the world’s driest regions. New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1816, in the meaning defined above