salt glacier

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Etymology

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From being a glacier-like formation made from salt.

Noun

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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.
    Synonym: namakier