playa floor

playa floor
   (colloquial: Southern High Plains)
   The lowest extensive, flat to slightly concave surface within a playa basin, consisting of a dry lake bed or lake plain underlain by stratified clay, silt or sand, and commonly by soluble salts.
   Compare: playa step.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • playa step —    (colloquial: Southern High Plains)    The relatively level or gently inclined “terrace like” bench or toeslope within a large playa basin flanking and topographically higher than the playa floor and below the playa slope; a bench or step like… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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