salt flat

salt flat (plural salt flats)

1. A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt.
   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Neith:

     Cold and dry, Neith has a thin nitrogen atmosphere and vast salt flats at its equator, which is warm enough for liquid water to pool during the summer period. The revealed salt is collected and sold to sodium-poor planets for agricultural purposes.

• salt pan

• alkali flat

• dry lake, playa