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Playa

An ephemerally flooded, vegetatively barren area on a basin floor that is veneered with fine-textured sediment and acts as a temporary or as the final sink for drainage water.

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In the western United States, the sandy, salty or mudcaked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged ...

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Earth science; Soil science

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Geography; Physical geography

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Engineering; Civil engineering

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Science; General science

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