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Carson Sink

playa, Nevada, United States
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The Carson Sink is an intermittent lake located in western Nevada, south of Humboldt Lake. It is a type of playa, which is a flat-bottomed depression found in arid and semi-arid regions. These depressions are periodically covered by water that either seeps into the ground or evaporates into the atmosphere.12

Playas are known for their extreme flatness, with slopes typically less than 0.2 meters per kilometer. When filled with water, they form playa lakes, where fine sediments and salts accumulate. The Carson River flows into the Carson Sink, where it disappears. The Carson Sink serves irrigation and reclamation projects.23

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