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.

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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.

Pyramid Lake → locatedInDesert → Great Basin ⓘ
Pyramid Lake → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin hydrologic region
Walker Lake → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Churchill County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Elko County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Lander County → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Truckee River → region → Great Basin ⓘ
Black Rock Desert → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Walker River → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Walker River → drainageBasin → Great Basin ⓘ
Ruby Mountains → drainage → Great Basin ⓘ
Pershing County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Southern Paiute people → indigenousTo → Great Basin ⓘ
Southern Paiute people → culturalRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin culture area
Carson River → riverSystem → Great Basin ⓘ
Ute people → indigenousTo → Great Basin ⓘ
Bristlecone pine → nativeTo → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Toiyabe Range → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Schell Creek Range → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Virginia Range → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Upper Truckee River → drainageBasin → Great Basin ⓘ
Lyon County → locatedInRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Lyon County, Nevada
Snake Valley → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Eureka County → locatedInRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
White Pine County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Third Creek → drainageBasin → Great Basin ⓘ
Elko → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Fernley → region → Great Basin ⓘ
High Desert → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: High Desert (Oregon)
this entity surface form: Great Basin region (partial)
Mineral County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Mineral County, Nevada
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Esmeralda County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Nye County → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Carson Trail → connects → Great Basin ⓘ
Mono Basin → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
Great Basin National Park → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
Toiyabe National Forest → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Toiyabe National Forest → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin physiographic province
Ely, Nevada → region → Great Basin ⓘ
White Pine County, Nevada → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Great Basin–Mojave transition zone → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Lincoln County, Nevada → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Doso Doyabi → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Zion National Park → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Fallon, Nevada → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Uinta Mountains → drainageTo → Great Basin ⓘ
Bald Mountain → geologicalProvince → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Bald Mountain (Snake Range)
Bald Mountain → isPartOf → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Bald Mountain (Snake Range)
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Baker Peak → physiographicRegion → Great Basin ⓘ
Baker Peak → partOf → Great Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin region
Lincoln Peak → locatedIn → Great Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln Peak (Nevada)
this entity surface form: Great Basin region