No more holes in the saltpan, no more disruption to my town. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Project: Classroom for the saltpan community, Cohesion Foundation. From Wordnik.com. [Cameron Sinclair: What is the classroom of the future? (hint. answers below)] Reference
Covering over 12,000 km2, it is one of the largest saltpan complexes in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian halophytics] Reference
Then the ground shook, the lightning cracks in the saltpan widening around the base of each cross. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
The shadow of the town walls reached almost to the small group a few hundred meters out on the saltpan. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Scattered groups of triple patches in the saltpan nearby testified to previous years 'congregational outings. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Below Adkins, people shoved out of the wetlock to dance on the saltpan under the water falling hard from the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Outside the Drylands mining town of Gypsum Flats, a small crowd of people raised three titanium crosses on the windswept saltpan. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
The carnival had packed up with the dawn, leaving few scars of its passage, except for the huge lettering that someone had painted on the saltpan just outside the ten-meter exclusion zone. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Only one species of tree grew in planet Salton's extensive equatorial Drylands, the incredibly rare pukkawood that erupted from the saltpan at phenomenal speed during the half-centimeter blackline squalls that struck once every few decades -- the sole precipitation Drylands ever saw. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Threatened plant species currently being protected or monitored include the endemic saltpan cresses (Lepidium kirkii and L. sisymbrioides matau), the upland shrub Hebe cupressoides, the endangered Hector's tree daisy (Olearia hectorii), native Peraxilla mistletoes, and the epiphytic forest shrub Tupeia antarctica. From Wordnik.com. [Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands] Reference
"Lake Eyre fever" has struck thousands of Australians eager to see the giant desert saltpan in rare flood, tour operators say. From Wordnik.com. [National Nine News] Reference
THE fastest man on Earth wants to go even faster - and the Lake Gairdner saltpan, in the Far North, is likely to be the venue for the attempt. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
"Mark all persons presently on the saltpan west of Gypsum Flats. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Even the saltpan had become slick. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
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