Playa

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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Industry/Domain: Earth science
Category: Soil science
Company: Soil Science Society of America
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