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noun
A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: sabkha
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.
