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Saltpans at Gozo

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Salt evaporation ponds, also called salt pans, are shallow artificial ponds designed to produce salts from sea water. The seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested.

 

Submitted 25/10/2014

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Uploaded on October 31, 2014
Taken on October 13, 2011