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The Great Basin Desert covers an area of approximately 190,000 square miles (around 492,000 square kilometers), making it the largest desert in the United States. It is located primarily in Nevada, extending into parts of Utah, California, and Oregon. This cold desert is characterized by its unique ecosystems and varied elevations, ranging from mountain ranges to valley floors.
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What types of land does navada have?
Nevada has a diverse landscape that includes deserts, valleys, mountains, and forests. The majority of the state is characterized by arid deserts such as the Mojave and Great Basin Desert. There are also mountain ranges like the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin Ranges that provide a varied terrain.
What is low area surrounded by higher land?
A low area surrounded by higher land is called a basin. Basins are formed by the erosion and deposition of material by water or other natural forces, resulting in a depression in the landscape.
Surface land area of the Earth's crust including continents and ocean basins?
Your question makes no sense, an ocean basin is an OCEAN not land area and therefore including it is impossible.
What are Wyoming's major geographic land regions?
Wyoming has 3 main geographic land regions. They are the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Intermontane Basins. The Great Plains area is characterized by short-grass prairie land, cottonwoods, and shrubs. The Intermontane Basins are the flat areas between Wyoming's mountain ranges. They are characterized by short grasses and lower bushes.
What is a basin hole?
In geology, a basin occurs where rock strata tilt toward a common center. A bowl-shaped vessel usually for holding food or liquids Or a Bowl-Shaped area that forms around a volcano's central vent.
What is the vast waste land in south western us?
The Great Basin includes the Mojave Desert and Death Valley
How is the desert of California classified?
It's actually 24 percent from what I've gathered.
Is there more cold desert land than hot desert land?
Yes, especially when one considers that Antarctica is a cold desert and add to that other cold deserts such as the Gobi, the Great Basin, the Taklamakan, the Patagonian and others.
Where is the Mojave Desert located in California?
The Mojave occupies the most desert land in California. However, the Great Basin Desert, which also enters the state, is the largest desert overall as it covers most of Nevada and a large portion of Utah.
What is the land region of Nevada?
The land regions of Nevada are: * Great Basin * Lake Tahoe * Las Vegas Valley * Mojave Desert * Pahranagat Valley * Sierra Nevada
Which is the basin on land surrounded by the worlds largest hot desert in north central Africa?
Chad Basin
What types of land does navada have?
Nevada has a diverse landscape that includes deserts, valleys, mountains, and forests. The majority of the state is characterized by arid deserts such as the Mojave and Great Basin Desert. There are also mountain ranges like the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin Ranges that provide a varied terrain.
What is the land area from which a stream gets water?
Drainage Basin
What is the basin on land surrounded by the world's largest hot desert in north-central Africa?
Chad Basin.-by Anurag Kamboj
What kind of landforms are in the Sahara Desert?
the Sahara desert has a lot of land form for example there are CONGO RIVER BASIN,ATLAS MOUNTAINS,GREAT RIFT VALLEY,NILE RIVER SYSTEM and the SAHEL all these are the landforms of the Sahara desert.
Is a basin the land area that rivers can flow into?
no
What is an area of land that is drained by a river?
basin
