See also:

• PLAYA (a Spanish word meaning " shore ")

PLAYA (a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish word meaning " See also:

• SHORE

shore ")  , the name applied in See also:

• AMERICA

America to a level See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain formed of the deposits of a See also:

• RIVER

river which has no outlet to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea or a See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake . If at seasons of high See also:

• WATER

water a river floods any See also:

• AREA

area and temporarily converts it into a lake, which subsequently dries up in hot See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, the See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract thus See also:

• LEFT

left dry is called a See also:

• PLAYA (a Spanish word meaning " shore ")

playa . The barren See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• DESERT

Desert in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western See also:

• NEVADA
• NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

Nevada, about Too m. in length by 15 in breadth, is typical .