sabkha /ˈsabkə, ˈsæbkə 
/ ▸ noun an area of coastal flats subject to periodic flooding and evaporation which result in the accumulation of aeolian clays, evaporites, and salts, found in North Africa and Arabia.
– ORIGIN late 19th century : from Arabic sabqa ‘salt flat’.
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