Great Basin

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desert region endorheic basin geographical region

The Great Basin is a vast, arid region of interior drainage in the western United States, characterized by its basin-and-range topography, deserts, and salt flats.

Aliases (19)

Great Basin region ×35
Great Basin Desert ×5
Great Basin hydrologic region ×4
Great Basin cultural area ×2
Great Basin culture area ×2
Great Basin desert ×2
Great Basin watershed ×2
Great Basin (part) ×1
Great Basin endorheic system ×1
Great Basin linguistic area ×1
Great Basin periphery ×1
Great Basin physiographic province ×1
Great Basin region (hydrology) ×1
Great Basin region (partial) ×1
Great Basin region of eastern California ×1
Great Basin shrub steppe ×1
Great Salt Lake Desert ×1
Spring Mountains foothills ×1
eastern Nevada ×1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert region → endorheic basin → geographical region →
borders	Colorado Plateau → Columbia Plateau → Mojave Desert → Rocky Mountains → Sierra Nevada → Sonoran Desert → Wasatch Range →
climate	cold desert climate →
contains	Black Rock Desert → Bonneville Salt Flats → Carson River → Death Valley watershed margins → Great Basin Desert → Great Basin National Park → Great Salt Lake → Humboldt River → Lehman Caves → Mojave Desert margins → Pyramid Lake → Ruby Mountains → Schell Creek Range → Sevier River → Snake Range → Snake Valley → Toiyabe Range → Truckee River → Walker Lake → White Mountains →
country	United States →
dominantVegetation	sagebrush steppe → saltbush scrub →
drainageType	endorheic →
ecoregion	Great Basin shrub steppe →
elevationRange	low valley floors to high mountain ranges →
geologicalFeature	horst and graben structures → normal fault-block mountains →
hasCharacteristic	arid climate → basin-and-range topography → deserts → endorheic watersheds → interior drainage → internal drainage basins → salt flats →
hydrology	no outlet to the ocean →
largestCityWithin	Reno → Salt Lake City →
locatedIn	Arizona → California → Idaho → Intermountain West → Nevada → Oregon → Utah → Western United States → Wyoming →
namedAfter	its large interior drainage basin system →
notableFor	alkali flats → high desert basins → playa lakes →
partOf	Basin and Range Province → Interior West →

Referenced by (148)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alvord Desert → Baker Peak ("Great Basin region") → Basin and Range National Monument ("Great Basin region") → Bonneville Salt Flats → Doso Doyabi ("Great Basin region") → Douglas County, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Elko → Esmeralda County, Nevada → Fallon, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Great Basin–Mojave transition zone ("Great Basin region") → Great Salt Lake → High Desert (Oregon) ("Great Basin region (partial)") → Humboldt County, Nevada → Humboldt River ("Great Basin watershed") → Kawaiisu people ("Great Basin cultural area") → Lake Tahoe ("Great Basin watershed") → Lake Tahoe Basin ("Great Basin hydrologic region") → Lander County ("Great Basin region") → Lander County, Nevada → Mono Basin → Mono County, California ("Great Basin region") → Owens River ("Great Basin hydrologic region") → Owens Valley → Owyhee Desert → Pyramid Lake ("Great Basin hydrologic region") → Reno–Sparks metropolitan area → Schell Creek Range → Sevier River ("Great Basin hydrologic region") → Snake Valley → Storey County, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Toiyabe National Forest ("Great Basin physiographic province") → Virgin Valley → Walker Lake → Wheeler Peak → White Mountains ("Great Basin region") → White Pine County, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Zion National Park ("Great Basin region") →	partOf
Austin, Nevada → Baker, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Black Rock Desert → Churchill County → Delta, Utah, United States ("Great Basin region") → Elko County → Esmeralda County → Great Basin National Park → Humboldt River → Inyo County, California ("Great Basin (part)") → Lehman Caves ("eastern Nevada") → Lincoln County, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Lincoln Peak (Nevada) ("Great Basin region") → Mineral County, Nevada ("Great Basin region") → Northern Nevada → Nye County ("Great Basin region") → Pershing County → Sagebrush steppe desert ("Great Basin region") → Sevier River → Snake Range → Toiyabe National Forest ("Great Basin region") → Toiyabe Range → Truckee Meadows → Virgin Valley opal fields ("Great Basin region") → Virginia Range → Walker River → Wendover, Utah ("Great Basin region") → White Mountains (California) ("Great Basin region") → White Pine County ("Great Basin region") →	locatedIn
Carson City → Chemehuevi language → Ely, Nevada → Eureka, Nevada → Fernley → Lehman Caves → Mono people → Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan → Shoshoni → Southern Numic → Truckee River →	region
Chemehuevi → Chemehuevi people → Indigenous peoples of California ("Great Basin region of eastern California") → Mojave people ("Great Basin periphery") → Southern Paiute people ("Great Basin culture area") →	culturalRegion
Boundary Peak → Third Creek → Upper Truckee River → Walker River →	drainageBasin
California cultural area ("Great Basin cultural area") → Mojave Desert ("Great Basin Desert") → Sierra Nevada →	borderedBy
Basin and Range Province → Great Basin ("Great Basin Desert") → Mojave Desert ("Spring Mountains foothills") →	contains
Interior West → Intermontane Plateaus → North American deserts ("Great Basin Desert") →	includes
Paiute → Southern Paiute people → Ute people →	indigenousTo
Bald Mountain (Snake Range) ("Great Basin region") → Boundary Peak ("Great Basin region") → Dyer, Nevada ("Great Basin region") →	isPartOf
Eureka County → Lyon County, Nevada → Tooele County, Utah →	locatedInRegion
western United States → western United States ("Great Salt Lake Desert") →	hasPart
Pyramid Lake → Sparks →	locatedInDesert
Bristlecone pine ("Great Basin region") → Single-leaf pinyon →	nativeTo
Carson River → Sevier River ("Great Basin endorheic system") →	riverSystem
Numic → Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan →	spokenIn
Eastern California →	adjacentTo
The Loneliest Road in America ("Great Basin region") →	associatedWith
Mountain bluebird →	breedsIn
Sierra Nevada passes ("Great Basin region") →	connect
Carson Trail →	connects
Nevada ("Great Basin Desert") →	containsDesert
Nevada →	containsRegion
California–Nevada border ("Great Basin region") →	crosses
Nüwü ("Great Basin culture area") →	cultureArea
Ruby Mountains →	drainage
Uinta Mountains →	drainageTo
Great Basin ("Great Basin shrub steppe") →	ecoregion
Snake Range ("Great Basin desert") →	ecosystem
Bald Mountain (Snake Range) →	geologicalProvince
Grand Palace room ("Great Basin region") →	geologicalSetting
Mountain States ("Great Basin Desert") →	hasMajorDesert
North America →	hasNotableFeature
Native Americans →	historicalRegion
Amargosa River basin ("Great Basin region (hydrology)") →	hydrologicUnitOf
Reno →	isInDesertRegion
Chemehuevi language ("Great Basin linguistic area") →	linguisticArea
Statue of the Republic (World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago) →	locatedAtTimeOfExhibition
Mineral County, Nevada →	locatedInPhysiographicRegion
Eureka County, Nevada →	locatedOn
Comanche →	originalHomeland
Baker Peak →	physiographicRegion
Absalom Lehman ("Great Basin region") →	placeOfActivity
pinyon jay →	rangeIncludes
Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company →	regionServed
The Loneliest Road in America ("Great Basin desert") →	terrain
Nüwü ("Great Basin region") →	traditionalRegion
Ute language ("Great Basin region") →	traditionalTerritory
Old Spanish Trail (trade route) →	traverses
U.S. Route 395 →	traversesRegion