Great Basin

noun

1. a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).

Great Basin

noun

1. a semiarid region of the western US, between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, having no drainage to the ocean: includes Nevada, W Utah, and parts of E California, S Oregon, and Idaho. Area: about 490 000 sq km (189 000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The authors suggested that this is due to a projected northward migration of the “Great Basin high” that tends to form over Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times

Normally the surface air would be contained within the Great Basin formed by the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, but the second ingredient is a low pressure system off the California coast, which creates enough gravitational potential to force the air out of the basin and pull it west toward the Pacific.

From Los Angeles Times

"It makes available to solar areas that are ecologically sensitive, areas that include sensitive species. It stands to significantly impact and alter ecosystems across the Great Basin and Mojave Desert."

From Salon

"It stands to significantly impact and alter ecosystems across the Great Basin and Mojave Desert."

From Salon

“Hot temperatures, dry fuels and occasional gusty winds are likely to maintain an enhanced wildfire risk for parts of the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin and California,” the Climate Prediction Center warned.

From Los Angeles Times