Great Basin
The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the
American West, bordered by the
Rocky Mountains to the east and the
Sierra Nevada mountain range to the west. The 200,000 square mile area covers most of
Nevada and parts of
Idaho,
Utah, and
California. The region is most commonly defined by its waterflow: water falling on the Great Basin never reaches the ocean, but ends up deposited in the region's lakes.
The Great Basin is famous for its Salt Flats, where numerous landspeed records were broken, and for the Great Salt Lake.
The Great Basin is part of the Basin and Range Province.