What is the Great Basin?
Q: What is the Great Basin?
A: The Great Basin is a desert area in the western United States of America, part of the Basin and Range Province.
Q: How large is the Great Basin?
A: The Great Basin is about 200,000 square miles (520,000 square kilometers) in size.
Q: Is the Great Basin connected to the ocean?
A: No, the Great Basin is an 'endorheic' basin, which means that there is no outlet to the ocean.
Q: What is the biggest river in the Great Basin?
A: The Bear River is the Great Basin's longest and largest river, with a length of 350 miles (560 kilometers).
Q: What happens to the precipitation in the Great Basin?
A: Most Great Basin precipitation is snow. The water that neither evaporates nor is taken for human use will sink into groundwater aquifers.
Q: Where is Lake Tahoe located?
A: Lake Tahoe, North America's largest alpine lake, is part of the Great Basin's central Lahontan subregion.
Q: What is the largest single watershed in the Great Basin?
A: The Humboldt River drainage is the largest single watershed in the Great Basin, with an area of roughly 17,000 square miles (44,000 square kilometers).
