salt polygon

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salt polygon [′sȯlt ′päl·i‚gän]

(geology)

A surface of salt on a playa, having three to eight sides marked by ridges of material formed as a result of the expansive forces of crystallizing salt, and ranging in width from an inch or so to 100 feet (30 meters).

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