: a landlocked body of water that has become salty through evaporation
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Recent Examples on the WebÉtienne Provost and Jim Bridge, the first white explorers believed to have found the valley’s salt lake, came upon it independently in 1824-25. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2022 And while that certainly disqualifies it as a secret spot, Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt lake in Bolivia and at almost 4,000 square miles in size, is more than big enough to give you space to take the perfect picture. Duncan Madden, Forbes, 5 July 2022 Ismael al Ameri, a research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, said the near-disappearance of Al Sawa, a salt lake about 150 miles south of Baghdad, will leave a new source of mud, silt and salt for sandstorms. Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 Besides being absolutely breathtaking, this landlocked salt lake has long been touted for its health-giving properties. Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2022 Think of it as a mini salt lake forming on your wall under the cover of paint.Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021 Perched on the edge of a mostly dry salt lake, Trona has no source of clean water and for at least 70 years has relied on groundwater pumped from wells 30 miles away in the Indian Wells Valley.Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 Simply put, the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere is shrinking rapidly. Lucy Kafanov, CNN, 17 July 2021 Hunting is banned around most of the salt lake, but hunters are still allowed to shoot ducks in the network's southern tip.Star Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021 See More