salobre

Salobre is a Spanish adjective meaning salty or briny, used to describe water, soil, or environments with elevated salt content. It derives from sal, the Spanish word for salt, and is used in geology, hydrology, and agriculture to denote brackish conditions, such as agua salobre (brackish water) and terreno salobre (saline soil).

In geography, salobre environments include coastal lagoons, salt flats, and deserts where evaporation concentrates salts. Plants and animals in these zones are often adapted to high salinity; the term is sometimes used in ecological assessments and land management.

The toponym Salobre appears in several Spanish-speaking regions. In Spain, Salobre is used as a place name and is associated with saline or former salt-producing locales; in the Canary Islands, Salobre refers to a locality in Gran Canaria and to the Salobre Golf Resort, a notable hotel and golf complex near Maspalomas.

As a descriptor, salobre contrasts with freshwater (agua dulce) and saltwater (agua de mar) and is often used to classify waters and soils that fall between fresh and fully saline categories.