Which geological morphology results when prolonged wind deflation lowers the desert surface to the water table?

💡 Explanation

An oasis with a playa lake forms when deflation removes finer sediments until the water table is reached, because capillary action then maintains surface moisture, therefore creating a habitable zone, rather than other geomorphic features formed by wind erosion and deposition.

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