Great Basin

E1419
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.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
Great Basin canonical 298
Great Basin region 123
Great Basin hydrologic region 7

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantVegetation sagebrush steppe ⓘ
saltbush scrub ⓘ
drainageType endorheic ⓘ
ecoregion Great Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Idaho ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Intermountain West

Nevada ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 (473)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Nevada → borderedBy → Great Basin ⓘ
Mojave Desert → contains → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring Mountains foothills
Mojave Desert → borderedBy → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin Desert
Lake Tahoe → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin watershed
North America → hasNotableFeature → Great Basin ⓘ
Mojave people → culturalRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin periphery
western United States → hasPart → Great Basin ⓘ
western United States → hasPart → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Salt Lake Desert
Great Basin → contains → Great Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin Desert
Great Basin → ecoregion → Great Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin shrub steppe
California–Nevada border → crosses → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Chemehuevi people → culturalRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
Northern Nevada → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Nevada → containsDesert → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin Desert
Nevada → containsRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
North American deserts → includes → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin Desert
Delta, Utah, United States → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Mountain States → hasMajorDesert → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin Desert
Interior West → includes → Great Basin ⓘ
Snake Range → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Snake Range → ecosystem → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin desert
Inyo County, California → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin (part)
Lehman Caves → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Nevada
Lehman Caves → region → Great Basin ⓘ
Native Americans → historicalRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
Lake Tahoe Basin → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin hydrologic region
Sierra Nevada passes → connect → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Basin and Range Province → contains → Great Basin ⓘ
Owens Valley → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Chemehuevi language → region → Great Basin ⓘ
Chemehuevi language → linguisticArea → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin linguistic area
The Loneliest Road in America → terrain → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin desert
The Loneliest Road in America → associatedWith → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Bonneville Salt Flats → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Boundary Peak → isPartOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Boundary Peak → drainageBasin → Great Basin ⓘ
Mountain bluebird → breedsIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Single-leaf pinyon → nativeTo → Great Basin ⓘ
Southern Numic → region → Great Basin ⓘ
Nüwü (or Nuwuvi) → traditionalRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Nüwü
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Nüwü (or Nuwuvi) → cultureArea → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Nüwü
this entity surface form: Great Basin culture area
California cultural area → borderedBy → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin cultural area
Sparks → locatedInDesert → Great Basin ⓘ
Reno → isInDesertRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
Amargosa River basin → hydrologicUnitOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region (hydrology)
Carson City → region → Great Basin ⓘ
Kawaiisu people → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin cultural area
Mono people → region → Great Basin ⓘ
White Mountains → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Great Salt Lake → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ