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Great Basin
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Great Basin
A desert region of the western United States comprising most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Oregon. John C. Frémont explored and named the area (1843-1845).
Great Basin
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(Placename) 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)
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The ecological setting in the Great Basin Desert is unique, with mountains and sands all requiring specific survival activities not found elsewhere.
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In the Great Basin Desert, snowfall and freezing temperatures are common in winter, whereas frost occurs only 2 to 5 percent of the time in the Mojave and Chihuahuan deserts and 1 percent or less of the time in the Sonoran Desert.
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A high-pressure zone from the Great Basin desert has stymied summer sea breezes that normally make Valley patios comfortable.
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