Carson Sink is a approximately 300 square miles (780 km2) playa next to a swampy lowland, approximately 100 sq mi (259 sq km) in the northeastern portion of the Carson Desert in present-day Nevada, United States of America, that was formerly the terminus of the Carson River. Including the sand dunes and former beaches of prehistoric Lake Lahontan, the sink is over 1000 sq mi (2600 sq km).
Carson Sink is a approximately 300 square miles (780 km2) playa next to a swampy lowland, approximately 100 sq mi (259 sq km) in the northeastern portion of the Carson Desert in present-day Nevada, United States of America, that was formerly the terminus of the Carson River. Including the sand dunes and former beaches of prehistoric Lake Lahontan, the sink is over 1000 sq mi (2600 sq km).
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