| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| MIRAGE | Disappointing desert "lake" |
| SALTON | .. Sea, Colorado Desert lake |
| MEAD | Lake in the Mojave Desert |
| BONNEVILLEFLATS | Part of the Great Salt Lake Desert used for speed tests |
| BONNEVILLEFLATS | Site of auto speed tests in the Great Salt Lake Desert |
| bolsons | a desert valley surrounded by mountains, with a shallow lake at the centre |
| playas | the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake |
| playa | the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake |
