Great Basin

American  

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).

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Great Basin British  

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)

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Example Sentences

“We need more transparency, and we need more accountability,” said Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network.

From Los Angeles Times

The lake, which is about two and a half times saltier than the ocean, is located at the base of the Eastern Sierra, where the mountains meet the Great Basin Desert.

From Los Angeles Times

Those calling for a solution to raise the lake level include leaders of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, who estimate that the current shortfall leaves exposed about 2 square miles of dust-spewing lakebed.

From Los Angeles Times

The report was sponsored by the DWP and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, which regulates air pollution in an area of about 32,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times

The winds next week are expected to be influenced by an “inside slider” — a type of low-pressure system that is expected to move down from Canada into interior California and Nevada and bring wind from high pressure over the Great Basin, but not the rain that is desperately needed.

From Los Angeles Times