Basin and Range Province

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geologic province physiographic province

The Basin and Range Province is a vast geologic region of the western United States and northern Mexico characterized by alternating mountain ranges and arid basins formed through crustal extension.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Basin and Range Province canonical 231
Basin and Range extension 2
Basin and Range extensional province 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic province ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
boundedBy Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
Wasatch Range ⓘ
characterizedBy alternating mountain ranges and basins ⓘ
arid climate ⓘ
crustal extension ⓘ
horst and graben topography ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
contains Basin and Range National Monument ⓘ
Death Valley ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
numerous closed drainage basins ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageType endorheic basins ⓘ
internally drained basins ⓘ
extendsInto Arizona ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Chihuahua ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
geologicProcess continental rifting ⓘ
extensional tectonics ⓘ
lithospheric thinning ⓘ
hasGeologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasTopography broad alluvial basins ⓘ
linear north–south trending ranges ⓘ
influences regional climate patterns in the western United States ⓘ
locatedIn northern Mexico ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
majorExtensionBegan Miocene ⓘ
namedBy Grove Karl Gilbert ⓘ
notableFor large crustal extension exceeding 100 percent in some areas ⓘ
seismic activity associated with normal faults ⓘ
partOf North America ⓘ
interior western North America ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate extensional regime ⓘ
underlies Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ

Referenced by (249)

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

Mojave Desert → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
North American Cordillera → contains → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin ranges
Badwater Basin → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Great Basin → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Clark Mountain Range → geologicalProvince → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Death Valley → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Snake Range → mountainSystem → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Kingston Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Salton Sea → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Sonoran Desert → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Boundary Peak → isWithin → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
White Mountains → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Ruby Mountains → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Colorado Plateau → borderedBy → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Toiyabe Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Toiyabe Range → mountainSystem → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Basin Ranges
Schell Creek Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Soda Mountains → geologicalSetting → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Virginia Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Cronese Mountains → geologicalSetting → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Snake Valley → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Soda Dry Lake → geologicalSetting → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Pine Forest Range → mountainRangeOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Pine Forest Range → partOfEcoregion → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Basin and Range ecoregion
Devils Golf Course → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Black Mountains (Death Valley) → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Black Mountains (Death Valley) → orogeny → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin and Range extension
Mono Basin → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Doso Doyabi → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Amargosa Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Panamint Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Lincoln Peak → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln Peak (Nevada)
Chihuahuan Desert → locatedIn → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Racetrack Playa → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Alvord Desert → geology → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin and Range province
Long Valley Caldera → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Long Valley Caldera → volcanicArcOrBelt → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin and Range extensional province
eastern California → contains → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern California
this entity surface form: Basin and Range Province (California portion)
Eldorado Mountains → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Inyo Mountains → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Carson Range → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin and Range Province (eastern margin)
Rio Grande Rift → linkedTo → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Muddy Mountains → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
White Mountains (California) → partOf → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Basin and Range National Monument → geologicalProvince → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Mohave County, Arizona → partlyLocatedIn → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Owens Lake → geologicalSetting → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Little San Bernardino Mountains → geologicalProvince → Basin and Range Province ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin and Range Province (margin)
Nevada–Utah state line → nearbyPhysiographicProvince → Basin and Range Province ⓘ