Lexicographical Neighbors of Chott
Literary usage of Chott
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"M. Virlet d'Aoust supposed, in 1845, from the measurement of the slope of a river
discharging into the chott (or marshy lake) Mel-Rir, that the bottom of ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"M. Virlet d'Aoust supposed, in 1845, from the measurement of the slope of a river
discharging into the chott (or marshy lake) Mel-Rir, that the bottom of ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"But this chott, being above the level of the sea, can easily be drained and made
wholesome to dwell in. All that is needed, is to put it in communication ..."
4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1876)
"It was not thought practicable to investigate the frontier of Tunis, and consequently
only the western point of the chott ..."
5. The Cruise of the Fleur-de-Lys in the Mediterranean by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1904)
"into broad, shallow ponds and lakes (chott), which in May appear as broad, flat
basins crusted with salt glistening in the sun, and a small patch of water ..."
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