Sabkhat al-Jabbul

Sabkhat al-Jabbūl or Mamlahat al-Jabbūl[2] or Lake Jabbūl (Arabic: سبخة الجبول) is a large, traditionally seasonal, saline lake and concurrent salt flats (sabkha) 30 km southeast of Aleppo, Syria, in the Bāb District of Aleppo Governorate.

The area includes the Sabkhat al-Jabbul Nature Reserve, a protected waterfowl site.

[3] Primary uses of the area include waterfowl hunting, livestock grazing on the surrounding steppe and salt extraction.

[3] Al-Jubbul is the major source of salt in Syria, other sources include Lake Jayrud, Rif Dimashq Governorate, to the northeast of Damascus and Lake Khatuniyah (Khatunia), Al-Hasakah Governorate, to the northeast of Al-Hasakah, near the village of Al Hawi and the Iraqi border.

The rooms were used as mortuaries to preserve dead bodies of inames in the absence of refrigerated morgues.

Shallow parts of the lake go dry in August leaving salt crystals on the floor