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Preferred term

playa

Definition

  • Ephemeral lakebed, or a remnant of an endorheic lake consisting of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21818

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