Places where salt is made by letting sea water evaporate.
Saltpans are important for making salt and are usually found near the sea.
Examples:
The workers harvest salt from the saltpans.
The saltpans are full of salty water.
We visited the saltpans to see how salt is made.
The birds like to visit the saltpans for the salty water.
The saltpans are like big salty lakes.
The sun makes the water in the saltpans disappear, leaving salt behind.