A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
A desert lake that is dry for most of the year.
The flat, typically salty lake bed that remains when all the water evaporates in drier times; forms in desert regions.
Clay plain that is temporarily flooded to form a lake or swamp after exceptional rainfall.
A dry lake basin found in a desert.
flat land surface underlain by fine sediment deposited from shallow lake waters in a dry climate
A term used in the southwestern U.S. for a dry, barren area in the lowest part of an undrained desert basin, underlain by clay, silt, or sand.
A depression in the center of a desert basin, the site of occasional temporary lakes.
a lake bed formed in an arid climate by rapid evaporation during dry season of wet-season stream inflow causing sediment and salt deposits (evaporites) to accumulate over time
an area of desert that turns into a lake when the rains come, and then back to desert during the dry season
a shallow depression or low-lying area that fills temporarily with rainwater from storms
A flat-bottomed basin that becomes a lake when surface water is available
temporary lake formed in a basin or region of interior drainage.
The flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin, becoming at times a shallow muddy lake after heavy rainfall; evaporation of the playa lake may leave a deposit of salt or gypsum.
Flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert plains basin.
Playas are shallow, short-lived lakes that form where water drains into basins with no outlet to the sea and quickly evaporates. Playas are common features in arid (desert) regions and are among the flattest landforms in the world. more details...
the shallow central basin of a desert plain, often containing slit, clay, and salt deposits, and occasionally flooded after rains in adjacent mountains.
the flat floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake.
A large, shallow closed depression which is intermittently filled with water but is mainly dry due to evaporation. These are often former lake beds. A lunette will usually be present on the eastern margin of the playa.
The usually dry and nearly level lake plain that occupies the lowest parts of a closed basin.
a dry lake bed or lowland areas that are periodically flooded, commonly occurs in Southwestern United States.
Landform. A normally dry lake bed, usually white in color from the clay materials that form the surface; often surrounded by salty soils.
A dry lake bed found in a desert.
A term used primarily in the southwestern United States to describe a dry, vegetation-free, flat area at the lowest part of an undrained desert basin, underlain by stratified clay, silt, or sand, and commonly by soluble salts. They are occasionally covered by shallow lakes in the wettest parts of the year.
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 heavy rains.
The flat, vegetation-free, lowermost area of a desert basin, where water gathers after a rain and evaporates. See also alkali flat.
Playa, also known as alkali flat or sabkha, is a dry lakebed, generally the shore of, or remnant of, an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Their surface is generally very dry, hard and smooth in the summer months, but wet and very soft in the winter months.
