Definitions | sebkha |
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- an area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia
- 1949: And so it was that when the sun came up he looked between two oleanders and saw it reflected red across the miles of glittering salt that lay between him and the mountains. " Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
Etymology: Arabic (ARchar, ) "salt flat".
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