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salt flats (flats (landforms), landforms (terrestrial), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Flat expanses of land which have been covered with a layer of salt, due to the evaporation of a body of water. |
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salt flats (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
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salt flat (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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flats, salt (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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saltflats (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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鹽灘 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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yán tān (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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yan tan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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yan t'an (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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zoutvlaktes (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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zoutvlakte (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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salants (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
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salant (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)
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Salztonebenen (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Salztonebene (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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Playa (C,U,German,UF,SN)
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Playas (C,U,German,UF,PN)
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salares (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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salar (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RD |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ landscapes (environments) (G) |
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................ natural landscapes (G) |
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.................... landforms (terrestrial) (G) |
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........................ flats (landforms) (G) |
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............................ salt flats (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 被一層鹽覆蓋之廣闊陸地,鹽層係由先前的水體蒸發而來。 |
German ..... Flache Landausdehnung, die mit einer Salzschicht bedeckt ist, die nach Verdunstung eines Gewässers zurückgeblieben ist. |
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Related concepts: |
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locus/setting for .... |
salt (inorganic material) |
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(inorganic material, <materials by composition>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300183627] |
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