Central Basin and Range ecoregion

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Level III ecoregion ecoregion

The Central Basin and Range ecoregion is a vast, arid landscape of alternating north–south mountain ranges and broad desert basins in the western United States, characterized by internal drainage, saline playas, and sparse shrubland vegetation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Level III ecoregion ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
borderedBy Arizona/New Mexico Plateau ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Basin and Range ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Rockies ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wasatch and Uinta Mountains ecoregion NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Bonneville Salt Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Salt Lake Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Humboldt River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monitor Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruby Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toiyabe Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic alternating north–south mountain ranges and basins ⓘ
arid climate ⓘ
broad desert basins ⓘ
internal drainage ⓘ
saline playas ⓘ
sparse shrubland vegetation ⓘ
hasClimate cold desert climate ⓘ
semiarid climate ⓘ
hasConservationIssue altered fire regimes ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ
invasive annual grasses ⓘ
hasDominantVegetation desert scrub ⓘ
greasewood shrubland ⓘ
pinyon–juniper woodland ⓘ
sagebrush shrubland ⓘ
saltbush shrubland ⓘ
hasEcoregionCode 13 ⓘ
hasHydrology closed basins ⓘ
ephemeral streams ⓘ
playa lakes ⓘ
hasLandUse limited irrigated agriculture ⓘ
military training areas ⓘ
mineral extraction ⓘ
rangeland grazing ⓘ
hasSoilProperty alkaline soils ⓘ
saline soils ⓘ
hasSoilType aridisols ⓘ
entisols ⓘ
hasTopography alluvial fans ⓘ
bajadas ⓘ
fault-block mountain ranges ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Utah ⓘ
western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
North American Cordillera NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Humboldt Sink → ecoregion → Central Basin and Range ecoregion ⓘ