County: Cheyenne

Date: Pre 2010

Photographer: Rolfe Mandel/KGS

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Short description: A dry playa in a wheat field in Cheyenne County. Playas are small, shallow, and intermittent wetlands. Their moisture comes solely from rain, snow, or other runoff from the surrounding land. Water in a playa eventually evaporates or seeps into the ground.

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