Utah West Desert

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Utah West Desert is a remote, arid region in western Utah characterized by vast salt flats, desert basins, and isolated mountain ranges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf desert region
geographic region
adjacentTo Great Salt Lake NERFINISHED
Nevada NERFINISHED
averageAnnualPrecipitation low
climate cold desert climate
contains Bonneville Salt Flats NERFINISHED
Cedar Mountains NERFINISHED
Confusion Range NERFINISHED
Deep Creek Mountains NERFINISHED
Dugway Proving Ground vicinity
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED
Fish Springs Range NERFINISHED
Great Salt Lake Desert NERFINISHED
House Range NERFINISHED
Sevier Desert (western portion)
Simpson Mountains NERFINISHED
Skull Valley (Utah) NERFINISHED
Snake Valley (Utah portion) NERFINISHED
U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground NERFINISHED
country United States of America
geology Quaternary lake sediments
basin and range fault-block mountains
hasCharacteristic arid climate
high desert
remote
sparsely populated
hasLandform alluvial fans
desert basins
isolated mountain ranges
playas
salt flats
historicallyPartOf Lake Bonneville basin NERFINISHED
knownFor isolation
long-distance views
vast salt flats
locatedIn Utah
western Utah NERFINISHED
partOf Basin and Range Province
Great Basin NERFINISHED
typicalLandUse livestock grazing
military testing
recreation
wildlife habitat
typicalVegetation desert grasses
greasewood
sagebrush steppe
saltbush

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Institute for Cosmic Ray Research hasLaboratory Utah West Desert
this entity surface form: Telescope Array site in Utah, United States