salt pan

See also: saltpan

English

A salt pan in Peru

Noun

salt pan (plural salt pans)

1. Synonym of salt flat: a natural dry lake or playa whose bed contains abundant salt.
2. A man-made pond where salty water is evaporated to recover salt and/or other minerals.

Synonyms

• (evaporation pond): pan

Translations

A man-made pond where salty water is evaporated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹽池／盐池 (zh) (yánchí), 盐池 (zh) (yánchí); 鹽田／盐田 (yántián), 盐田 (zh) (yántián)

• Greek: αλυκή (el) f (alykí)
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• Italian: salina (it) f
• Spanish: salinera f

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• Patlans, platans