salt glacier

English

Etymology

From being a glacier-like formation made from salt.

Noun

salt glacier (plural salt glaciers)

  1. A solid rock salt outflow from a salt dome or halite diapir, that slow flows away from the hill of salt downhill, filling valleys. The flowing salt is frequently colored by impurities within the salt depost.

Synonyms
  • namakier
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