Before revision: In geology, a chott (pronounced // and sometimes spelled shott ; from the Arabic šaṭṭ "bank, coast", from the root šṭṭ "exceed, deviate" ) is a dry (salt ) lake in the Saharan area of Africa(mainly in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) that stays dry in the summer, but receives some water in the winter.
After revision: In geology, a chott or shott (; ) is a salt lake in Africa's Maghreb that stays dry for much of the year but receives some water in the winter.