the chott winner

[Pierre Abbat]

>chott (n) 1. The depression surrounding a salt marsh, esp. in North Africa. 
>2. The bed of a dried salt marsh.
>by Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary
>Qattara Depression (David)
>1 point (Judith)
>1 point  Because there should be such a thing, and it should sound drier than 
>a slough.  But why "especially" in North Africa? Why not Cape Cod? (Kir) [I 
>dunno.  I'm just copying the dictionary. -Fran]
>One point.  Plausible enough. (Jacob)
>Probably someone else thinking of Nouakchott. (Pierre)
>1 point (Jean-Joseph)

Okay, now that I know what a chott is, what's a nouak? In case you didn't know,
Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania, which is in North Africa, and is on
the west coast.

phma