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OCR: Flooding can produce a wall of water several feet high. The torrent of water can move anything in its way, including boulders, bushes and mud. Flood waters eventually soak into the ground or may enter a river. The water may reach an undrained basin where it becomes a pool that quickly dries up or evaporates, leaving a dry lake called a playa. The high temperatures of some desert regions may quickly evaporate water in basins, depositing clay and salts. The south-western USA features several playas including the Great Salt Lake Desert and part of Death Valley.