Salt pans can refer to:
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Salt pan (geology), a flat expanse of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually found in deserts
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Sabkha, a phonetic translation of the Arabic word for a salt pan (geology)
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Salt evaporation pond, a method of producing salt by evaporating brine
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Open-pan salt making
Open-pan salt making is a method of salt production wherein salt is extracted from brine using open pans.
Virtually all European domestic salt is obtained by solution-mining of underground salt formations, although some is still obtained by t ...
is a method of salt production wherein salt is extracted from the brine using vacuum pans
See also
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Dry lake
A dry lake bed, also known as a playa, is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceeds recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkaline c ...
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Hypersalinity
A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride, brines, and other salts, with saline levels surpassing that of ocean water (3.5%, i.e. ).
Specific microbial species can thrive in ...
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Salt lake
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre). ...
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Salt pannes and pools
Salt pannes and pools are water retaining depressions located within salt and brackish marshes. Pools tend to retain water during the summer months between high tides, whereas pannes generally do not. Salt pannes generally start when a mat of or ...
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