A Playa Is An______

question 6

Multiple Choice

A playa is an______.

• A) dry shallow depression formed by deflation
• B) mound or ridge of sand
• C) stony veneer that forms as deflation lowers the surface by removing sand and silt
• D) intermittent lake on the floor of a desert valley

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