Basin and Range Province
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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.
Aliases (9)
- Basin and Range Province (California portion) ×1
- Basin and Range Province (eastern margin) ×1
- Basin and Range Province (margin) ×1
- Basin and Range extension ×1
- Basin and Range extensional province ×1
- Basin and Range province ×1
- Great Basin Ranges ×1
- Great Basin ranges ×1
- Northern Basin and Range ecoregion ×1
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 → |
| drainageType |
endorheic basins
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internally drained basins → |
| extendsInto |
Arizona
→
Baja California → California → Chihuahua → Idaho → Nevada → New Mexico → Oregon → Sonora → Texas → Utah → |
| geologicProcess |
continental rifting
→
extensional tectonics → lithospheric thinning → |
| hasGeologicAge |
Cenozoic
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|
| hasTopography |
broad alluvial basins
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linear north–south trending ranges → |
| influences |
regional climate patterns in the western United States
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|
| locatedIn |
northern Mexico
→
western United States → |
| majorExtensionBegan |
Miocene
→
|
| namedBy |
Grove Karl Gilbert
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|
| notableFor |
large crustal extension exceeding 100 percent in some areas
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seismic activity associated with normal faults → |
| partOf |
North America
→
interior western North America → |
| tectonicSetting |
intraplate extensional regime
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|
| underlies |
Chihuahuan Desert
→
Mojave Desert → Sonoran Desert → |