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Desert River, Mojave Desert, California

The Amargosa River, frequently dry, carries water after a storm in the Amargosa Valley, California. (Dep-40)
Download ImageFloodplain and meandering river, CA

Aerial view of floodplain and meandering river, California. (Dep-41)
Download ImageBraided River channel, Alaska

Aerial view of Resurrection River, a braided river in SE Alaska. (Dep-37)
Download ImageBraided Mountain stream, Kyrgyzstan (vertical)

Braided Mountain stream, Kyrgyzstan. (Dep-34)
Download ImageMeandering river, Owens Valley, California

Aerial view of part of the Owens River showing some of its meanders and a cut-off. (Dep-31)
Download ImageRacetrack Playa, Death Valley, CA

Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, ordinarily a dry lake bed. (Dep-24)
Download ImageEvaporation of water in playa, CA

Evaporation of water to form salt in playa: Deep Springs Lake, California (Dep-28)
Download ImagePlaya scraper, Racetrack Playa (vertical)

180 degree turn of track behind rock. Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California. (Dep-25)
Download ImageFootprints and mudcracks on playa (vertical)

Footprints and mudcracks on playa. (Dep-26)
Download ImagePlayas and parallel ranges, Nevada

Aerial view. Numerous dry lake beds, or playas, occupy the basins of the Basin and Range Province; they used to be substantial lakes during the wetter climates of the Pleistocene. (ID: Dep-27)
Download ImageEvaporating salt, Death Valley, California

Salt flats (salt pan) of Death Valley National Park, California. (Dep-20)
Download ImageDeath Valley salt pan

Salt flats (salt pan) of Death Valley National Park, California. (Dep-21)
Download ImageDeath Valley salt pan, California

Aerial view of salt flats (salt pan) of Death Valley National Park, California. (Dep-22)
Download ImageDeath Valley salt pan (vertical)

Salt flats (salt pan) of Death Valley National Park, California. (Dep-23)
Download ImageAlvord Desert and mudcracks, Oregon

Alvord Desert, a dry lake bed, and the fault-bounded Steens Mountain. Part of the Basin and Range Province of Oregon. (Dep-18)
Download ImageDeath Valley salt pan, Califoria

View of Death Valley salt flats (salt pan) and alluvial fans from Dantes View. (Dep-19)
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