Flat expanses of salt crust or dry lake bed left where ancient lakes evaporated, including large salars and desert playas with sailing stones. A landform belongs here when its cited article calls it a salt flat, salt pan, salar or playa. It excludes coastal lagoons and sandbanks. Their level surfaces are used for land speed records and show polygon cracks, and they hold mineral brines that are mined in several parts of the world.
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Salar de Uyuni (Wikipedia)
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Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat in the world, with an area of approximately 10,582 square kilometres (4,086 mi2). It is situated in southwestern Bolivia, within the Daniel Campos Province of the Potosí Department, near the crest of the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of 3,656 m (11,995 ft) above sea level.
Bonneville Salt Flats (Wikipedia)
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The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, United States.
Racetrack Playa (Wikipedia)
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The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a dry lake feature with sailing stones that inscribe linear "racetrack" imprints.
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