pond saline evaporation pond A shallow man-made pond designed to produce salt 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. ENVO ENVO:00000055 FTT:221 FTT:906 FTT:908 Geonames:H.MFGN Geonames:H.PNDN Geonames:H.PNDSN Wikipedia:Salt_evaporation_pond lake salt evaporation pond salt pond salt ponds saltern