dry lake bed
Parched evaporated basin
A dry lake bed is a flat, barren depression where a lake once existed or where water collects only seasonally.
The exposed floor is typically cracked clay or salt crust.
Dry lake beds appear throughout desert regions and are sometimes used for land speed records or aircraft testing: The Bonneville Salt Flats are a famous dry lake bed.
- playaDried lakebed in desert
- salt flatEvaporated lakebed crust
- salt panDried lakebed mineral deposit
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- cracked earthDried ground with fissures
parched · alkali · desert · desert floor · dust · dust storm · mirage · heat shimmer · hardpan · evaporated · bleached white · white · crust · barren · baked · sunbaked · horizon · endless
- African Safarielephant, elephants, lions, zebras, zebra
- arid landscapesdesert, badlands, sand dunes, dunes, salt flat
- salt flatssalt flats, salt flat, salt pan, playas, salt deposits
- Temporary Watersephemeral stream, wadi, arroyo, wash, freshet
- barrensbadlands, wasteland, dust bowl, salt flat, salt flats
- land sailingland yacht, sand yacht, mast, sail, boom
water presence
dry lake bedlake
Enclosed body of freshwater
reservoir · body of water · pond · freshwater lake · oasis
ecological vitality
dry lake bedoasis
Fertile desert spot
wetland · marsh · swamp · rainforest · fertile valley