🧂 Sabkhas of the World

These are notable sabkhas — flat coastal salt marshes and salt flats where the sea floods a low basin and evaporates, leaving a crust of salt, common along the arid shores of the Gulf, North Africa and other hot coasts. Each profile shows where the sabkha lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

10 sabkhas from 6 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any sabkha for its full profile.

Africa (9) Asia (1)

Africa (9 sabkhas)

Asia (1 sabkhas)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.