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chott

or shott

[ shot ]

noun

  1. a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.


chott

/ ʃɒ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of shott
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of chott1

1970–75; < French < Arabic ṭṭ
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MAY 10 Guest emcee actor/comedian Bill Chott, proceeds benefit employment assistance and community services, 5:30 p.m.

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Photograph: Rä di Martino This is part of a project that began when I was using Google Maps to look at Chott el Djerid, the great salt desert in Tunisia.

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So in September 2010, I spent a month travelling around Chott el Djerid.

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A team from Centro de Astrobiología in Madrid led by Felipe Gomez studied organisms in the sun-baked Chott el Jerid salt pan in Tunisia, the acidic Rio Tinto in Southern Spain and the permafrost on Deception Island in Antarctica.

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In the autumn of last year Ohlsen--or, rather, to give him his right name, Tony Stretton--had marched upon an expedition from Mesheria to the Chott Tigri, and knew, therefore, the look of those tantalising salt lakes.

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