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claypan
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claypan [ˈkleɪˌpæn]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a layer of stiff impervious clay situated just below the surface of the ground, which holds water after heavy rain
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Rocky uplands or river valleys may also house true forests, or even vine thickets, while claypans, wetlands and other landscape features add to the diversity of the regions that are dominated by woodland communities.
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Brian Timms described the river as a complex network of interconnecting channels with permanent waterholes, lignum swamps, rainfed claypans and salt and freshwater lakes.
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This 20,000-square-kilometre Ramsar site has a core area of shallow lakes, channels, waterholes, swamps, samphire claypans, flooded woodlands and grasslands, fed by a terminal offshoot of Cooper Creek.
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