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PLAYA (a Spanish word meaning " shore ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 831 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLAYA (a
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Spanish word meaning "
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shore ")  , the name applied in
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America to a level
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plain formed of the deposits of a
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river which has no outlet to the
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sea or a
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lake . If at seasons of high
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water a river floods any
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area and temporarily converts it into a lake, which subsequently dries up in hot
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weather, the
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tract thus
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left dry is called a
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playa . The barren
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Black
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Rock
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Desert in
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north-western
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Nevada, about Too m. in length by 15 in breadth, is typical .

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