"The area of the coastal sabkha of Abu Dhabi is located on the southern coast of the Arabian Gulf, in the United Arab Emirates; west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi. It has been developed over the past 7000 years due to the wind erosion of pre‐existing dunes and progradation of subaqueous, intertidal, and supratidal carbonate sediments.
The Sabkha is a translation of the Arabic word (سبخه), geologically referring to any form of flat salt-encrusted desert that is usually lacks any significant plant cover due to the high concentration of salts and sediments where the level of groundwater is very low and may be zero in some locations. Sabkhas are geographically divided into two categories: Coastal Sabkha and Inland Sabkha."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
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