= salina, n.1

A hollow or depression in the ground, esp. one in which water stands; spec. a natural or artificial basin in which salt is obtained by…

(Usually plural) A shallow depression near the sea into which sea-water is allowed to flow, where it evaporates, leaving a deposit of salt; in…

a salt-pit.

A salt lake, pond, well, spring, or marsh; a salt-pan, salt-works. Also, a low, marshy area of land near the coast (originally Jamaican).

A natural or artificial pond into which sea-water is run in order to be evaporated: cf. salt-pan, n. 1.

Physical Geography (originally U.S.). A flat area of silt or sand, free of vegetation and usually characterized by salt deposits, that lies at the…

A flat, salt-encrusted depression, usually just above the water-table, that is subject to periodic flooding and evaporation, resulting in…

In Turkistan, an elongated saline depression in desert sand.