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sabkha.

Noun
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A low, usually poorly drained flat where saline groundwater and evaporation produce salt-rich deposits.

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  • coastal sabkha
  • salt-crusted sabkha

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A salt-crusted sabkha stretched behind the dunes.
Their footprints filled with brine on the coastal sabkha.

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Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular sabkha; plural sabkhas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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