Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The Texas Panhandle is home to 20,000 playa lakes, which are hard to appreciate without the help of lidar imagery. This is likely the greatest number and concentration of such lakes on earth. They share many characteristics with Carolina Bays, but are also different in many ways. This video discusses details of the playa lakes and how they resemble and differ from Carolina Bays. The end of the video shows how anyone with a web browser can investigate the playa lakes using The National Map of the US Geological Survey
The Texas Panhandle is home to 20,000 playa lakes, which are hard to appreciate without the help of lidar imagery. This is likely the greatest number and concentration of such lakes on earth. They share many characteristics with Carolina Bays, but are also different in many ways. This video discusses details of the playa lakes and how they resemble and differ from Carolina Bays. The end of the video shows how anyone with a web browser can investigate the playa lakes using The National Map of the US Geological Survey
