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Definition of Sabkha
1. Noun. An area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sabkha
1. a coastal plain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabkha
Literary usage of Sabkha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Inland or interdune sabkha is found in low- lying basins within the sand desert.
All sabkhas share certain characteristics. Although they are restricted to ..."
2. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"In the Liwa area, small flat-topped hills (mesas) are capped by a gypsum-cemented
layer indicative of former sabkha conditions. Lightly cemented dune sand, ..."
3. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"In the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the sands begin as very low
dunes just behind the coastal plain and the salt-flats (sabkha) of the ..."
4. Ancient Magan: The Secrets of Tell Abraq by Daniel T. Potts (2000)
"ABOVE RIGHT: The sabkha to the north of Tell ... Generally, there was always some
standing water in the sabkha during the winter months. ..."
5. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1910)
"It was marshy in places, intersected by little streams from the springs, and
covered with a white crust of salts—sabkha the Arabs call such regions—on which ..."
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