Racetrack Playa (Q327590)

  • matcher place: Death Valley National Park (relation 174732), Inyo County (relation 396491)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Death Valley, Death Valley National Park, Endorheic basins of the United States, Landforms of Inyo County, California, Natural history of the Mojave Desert, Salt flats of California
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    way(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[landuse=basin][name];
    rel(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[landuse=basin][name];
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    way(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=desert][name];
    rel(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=desert][name];
    node(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=sand][name];
    way(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=sand][name];
    rel(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=sand][name];
    node(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=water][name];
    way(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=water][name];
    rel(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[natural=water][name];
    node(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[water=lake][name];
    way(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[water=lake][name];
    rel(around:1000,36.68130,-117.56270)[water=lake][name];
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a scenic dry lake feature with "sailing stones" that inscribe linear "racetrack" imprints. It is located above the northwestern side of Death Valley, in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, U.S.

Wikidata location: 36.6813, -117.5627 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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body of water (Q15324) natural=water
lake (Q23397) water=lake

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Endorheic basins of the United States landuse=basin
Natural history of the Mojave Desert natural=desert
Salt flats of California gnis:ftype=Playa, natural=sand