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sabkha
/ ˈsæbxə; -kə /
noun
- a flat coastal plain with a salt crust, common in Arabia
sabkha
/ săb′kə /
- A flat area between a desert and an ocean, characterized by a crusty surface consisting of evaporite deposits (including salt, gypsum, and calcium carbonate), windblown sediments, and tidal deposits. Sabkhas form primarily through the evaporation of sea water that seeps upward from a shallow water table and through the drying of windblown sea spray.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sabkha1
C19: from Arabic
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Example Sentences
It overtook them in soil known as "Sabkha," signifying low-lying clay mixed with salt, churned by wet into greasy, sticky mud.
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