to nearly 5,000 years. There are three closely related species of bristleconepine Rocky Mountains BristleconePine Pinus aristata in Colorado , New Mexico and Arizona GreatBasinBristleconePine Pinus longaeva in Utah , Nevada and eastern California Foxtail Pine Pinus balfouriana in California Bristlecone pines grow in isolated groves at and just below the tree line . Because of cold temperatures ...taxobox name Bristlecone pines image Prometheus Wheeler.jpg image width 240px image caption A GreatBasinbristleconepine grove regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Pinaceae genus Pine Pinus subgenus Pinus classification Ducampopinus sectio Balfourianae subdivision ranks Species subdivision Pinus aristata br Pinus longaeva br Pinus balfouriana The bristlecone pines are a small group of pine trees Family Pinaceae , genus Pinus , subsection Balfourianae ... parks such as the Ancient BristleconePine Forest in the White Mountains of California and the Great .... The name bristleconepine refers to the dark purple female cones that bear incurved prickles ... BristleconePine date 2003 08 accessdate 30 July 2011 ref These ancient trees have a fittingly ... ref Oldest living organisms File Bristlecone CA.JPG thumb left Bristleconepine, White Mountains ... living organism known is a bristleconepine tree nicknamed Methuselah tree Methuselah after Methuselah , the longest lived person in the Bible . It is located in the Ancient BristleconePine Forest ... of Methuselah was measured by core samples in 1957 to be 4,789 years old. File Bristleconepine closeup.jpg thumb upright Gnarled bristleconepine wood In the Snake Range of eastern Nevada Donald .... 530 p. ISBN 0 521 55176 5. External links ARKive bristleconepine pinus longaeva http www.sonic.net bristlecone intro.html Bristleconepine website http www.pinetum.org cones PNDucampopinus.htm ... Pinus Balfourianae Category Trees of the Western United States Pine, Bristlecone Category Flora ... more details
ref name Miller Rp a geology biome Central Basin and Range ecoregion plant Pinus longaeva Pinus longaeva GreatBasinBristleconePine animal History & management established date management United ... map background map locator map locator x map locator y website footnotes The Ancient BristleconePine Forest is high in the White Mountains California White Mountains in Inyo County, California Inyo County in eastern California . The Pinus longaeva GreatBasinBristleconePine Pinus longaeva .... Methuselah The Methuselah Grove nature Grove in the Ancient BristleconePine Forest is the location of the Methuselah tree Methuselah , a GreatBasinBristleconePine more than 4,750 years old. This is 1,000 ... Leonard title The Ancient BristleconePine url http www.sonic.net bristlecone intro.html publisher ... Desert into GreatBasin ecotone . ref Cite document last1 Bryce first1 S . A last2 et al ... CA.JPG thumb left 250px Pinus longaeva Pinus longaeva BristleconePine s in the Ancient Bristlecone ... day. ref name fs.usda,nh ref Cite news title Fire claims Ancient BristleconePine Forest visitor center ... thumb Ancient Bristle Cone Pine Forest The Ancient BristleconePine Forest is generally open from ... Labor Day, and hiking trails. Patriarch Grove home of the world s largest BristleconePine ... in this article? date September 2010 commonscat Ancient BristleconePine Forest California External ... BristleconePine Forest site http www.fs.usda.gov wps portal fsinternet ut p c5 04 SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9 ... Category Protected areas of the GreatBasin Category Plant communities of California Category Trees of California Pinus longaeva Category Trees of the GreatBasin desert region Pinus longaeva ... USA Ca.jpg image caption The Methuselah tree Methuselah Grove nature Grove trail in the Ancient BristleconePine Forest image size flag symbol country United States country flag 1 state flag 1 state ... N.F. Bristlecone Forest . accessed 8 30 2010 ref ref name fs.usda,nh http www.fs.usda.gov wps portal ... more details
of most ranges. Stands of Limber Pine and GreatBasinBristleconePine Pinus longaeva can be found ... note code type GNIS code code 2087988 code note ref name GNIS Cite gnis 2087988 GreatBasin 2087988 ... homeland of the GreatBasin tribes . Geography File GB Definition Map.jpg thumb The GreatBasin magenta outline differs from the GreatBasin Province , the GreatBasin tribes area, the Basin and Range Province , and the Basin and Range area. For the subdivisions of the GreatBasin List of GreatBasin watersheds The GreatBasin includes Basin and Range Province valleys, basins, lakes, and mountain ... Geological Survey accessdate 2009 01 10 ref of Basin and Range topography. The GreatBasin almost entirely contains the smaller GreatBasin section GreatBasin physiographic section , which extends about ... area and northwest corner of Arizona . Geographic features near the GreatBasin include the Continental Divide of the Americas , the Great Divide Basin , and the Gulf of California . The GreatBasin ... Springs . Major roadways traversing the GreatBasin include Interstate 80 , Interstate 15 , U.S. Route ... Basin railroads pass through lots of GreatBasin communities date October 2011 Hydrology File ... notable? date October 2011 Image WheelerSnow.JPG thumb left GreatBasin snowstorm in the Snake Valley GreatBasin Snake Valley of Utah and Nevada The GreatBasin Divide separates the GreatBasin from the watersheds draining to the Pacific Ocean. The southernmost portion of the GreatBasin is the watershed area of the Laguna Salada Mexico Laguna Salada . The GreatBasin s longest and largest river ... km2 abbr on . Most GreatBasin precipitation is snow, and the precipitation that neither evaporates ... occurs from sink geography geographic sinks . ref name NPS cite web title GreatBasin url http www.nature.nps.gov ... 10 26 ref is part of the GreatBasin s central Lake Lahontan Lahontan subregion. GreatBasin named ... , the Smoke Creek Desert , Nevada salt deserts in the GreatBasin Province , the Mojave Desert , and part ... more details
Infobox ecoregion name GreatBasin montane forests image Prometheus Wheeler.jpg image size image alt image caption Pinus longaeva GreatBasinBristleconePine Pinus longaeva trees on Wheeler Peak Nevada Wheeler Peak , GreatBasin National Park . country United States country1 state Nevada state1 California region type States Provinces border border1 bird species 160 ref name Atlas cite book last1 Hoekstra first1 J. M. last2 Molnar first2 J. L. last3 Jennings first3 M. last4 Revenga first4 C. last5 ... protected 97.53 protected ref ref name Atlas area biome Temperate coniferous forests map GreatBasin Montane Forests map.svg map size map alt map caption The GreatBasin montane forest s is an ecoregion ... States WWF World Wildlife Federation WWF . Geography The GreatBasin montane forests ecoregion is located in the GreatBasin region of Nevada , eastern California , and western Utah , in the Western United States . The montane forests are often found on Madrean Sky Islands at elevations above the GreatBasin Desert or xeric shrublands. The forests are within the Central Basin and Range ecoregion Central Basin and Range ecoregion EPA , and GreatBasin Province GreatBasin Floristic Province of the Madrean Region Madrean Floristic Region . GreatBasinBristleconePine The ancient Pinus longaeva GreatBasinBristleconePine Pinus longaeva trees are found in GreatBasin montane forests. Protected areas with them include the Snake Range peaks within GreatBasin National Park Nevada , and the Ancient BristleconePine Forest in the White Mountains California White Mountains within Inyo National Forest California . See also GreatBasin shrub steppe Deserts and xeric shrublands biome ecoregion WWF Northern Basin and Range ecoregion Level III ecoregion EPA Category Flora of the GreatBasin desert region Index Flora of the GreatBasin desert region & montane zones References reflist Category ... Ecology of the GreatBasin M Category Flora of Nevada Ecology stub ... more details
wiktionary GreatBasinGreatBasin may refer to Great Artesian Basin Australia , a source of inland freshwater GreatBasin Maine , a drainage basin in Piscataquis County, Maine GreatBasin western United ... Basin in western North America include GreatBasin Divide , the encompassing continental divide that demarcates the GreatBasin from the Pacific watershed GreatBasin desert disambiguation , several places Columbia River GreatBasin Divide in Caribou County, Idaho GreatBasin National Park , a protected area in White Pine County, Nevada GreatBasin section , the physiographic region much smaller than the GreatBasin but which extends into the Pacific watershed Indigenous peoples of the GreatBasin area, the cultural range of historic indigenous people much larger than the GreatBasin Ecological areas & namesake fauna flora of the western GreatBasinGreatBasin Province , arid floristic areas of the Boreal Subkingdom GreatBasin montane forest , a montane forest ecoregion defined by the World Wildlife Fund GreatBasin Scrub desert , a herpetofaunal area north of the GreatBasin shrub steppe Creosote Bush desert GreatBasin scrub habitat , with species such as the Astragalus johannis howellii Long Valley milkvetch and the White Throated Woodrat GreatBasin shrub steppe , a sagebrush steppe WWF ecoregion fauna & flora Pinus longaeva GreatBasinBristleconePine , GreatBasin Pocket Mouse , GreatBasin rattlesnake , GreatBasin Spadefoot , & GreatBasin wildrye Other topics named for the western GreatBasin include Journal of California and GreatBasin Anthropology GreatBasin Anthropology , a topic of a regional journal published by the Malki Museum Press GreatBasin ... School of Earth Sciences and Engineering GreatBasin College , a state college at Elko, Nevada Great ... of Nevada, Reno. GreatBasin Highway , U.S. Route 93 in Nevada GreatBasin Naturalist , a former journal describing ecoscience regarding GreatBasin areas Geodis nl GreatBasin ... more details
clonal organism ever discovered, a Pinus longaeva GreatBasinBristleconePine tree at least 5000 ...Infobox protected area name GreatBasin National Park iucn category II photo Prometheus Wheeler.jpg photo caption Bristleconepine and Wheeler Peak location White Pine County, Nevada White Pine County ... body National Park Service website http www.nps.gov grba index.htm GreatBasin National Park file GreatBasin National Park map 2007.04.png thumb Park map GreatBasin National Park is a United States ... its name from the GreatBasin , the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra ... . ref name area The park is notable for its groves of ancient bristleconepine s, the oldest known ... opportunities. Adjacent to GreatBasin National Park lies the Highland Ridge Wilderness . These two ... of eastern Nevada s basin lands. Climate File Wheeler Peak and GreatBasin National Park.jpg thumb ... of plants in GreatBasin National Park and the neighboring valleys. The area around the Visitor Center ... in GreatBasin National Park. Jackrabbits , pygmy rabbits, mountain cottontails, ground squirrels ... trout is the only fish native to GreatBasin National Park. It arrived in the mountain waters ... in GreatBasin National Park, including hawk , sparrow , killdeer , wren , chickadee , eagle , magpie ... positively identified in the southern Snake Range and adjacent portions of Snake Valley GreatBasin ... 20guide.pdf title Reptiles and Amphibians of GreatBasin National Park and Vicinity publisher National ... insectivorous bats in the GreatBasin. At least ten species of bats have been found in the vicinity of GreatBasin National Park, including the Townsend s Big eared Bat Townsend s big eared bat . ref ... 2008 Visitor Center The GreatBasin Visitor Center is located on Nevada State Route 487 in the town ... hours.htm accessdate 2011 06 09 ref GreatBasin National Park has between 79,000 and 89,000 visitors ... Johnson Lake Mine References Commons category GreatBasin National Park reflist 2 External ... more details
Category GreatBasin deserts GreatBasin desert may refer to any of the named deserts all or partly in the GreatBasin e.g., Great Salt Lake Desert , Escalante Desert , Mojave Desert , etc. or to GreatBasin Desert , a large area of the GreatBasin which includes the Nevada salt deserts, 12 ecoregions in the Basin and Range valleys of Nevada and the Central Nevada Desert, a hydrologic basin of several Nevada counties having convert 10 in mm abbr on annual precipitation GreatBasin Province , in the Madrean Region of the Boreal Kingdom GreatBasin shrub steppe , an ecoregion of the western United States North American Deserts , an EPA ecoregion generally corresponding to the GreatBasin geo dis Deserts state collapsed Category GreatBasin deserts ... more details
Infobox protected area name Bristlecone Wilderness iucn category Ib map USA relief map caption location White Pine County, Nevada United States USA nearest city McGill, Nevada lat d 39 lat m 24 lat s lat NS N long d 114 long m 53 long s long EW W region US area convert 14095 acre established 2006 governing body U.S. Bureau of Land Management Bristlecone Wilderness is a convert 14095 acre km2 1 sing on wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada White Pine County , in the United States U.S. state of Nevada . Located in the Egan Range approximately five miles west of the town of McGill, Nevada Mcgill , the Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006 and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management . ref name friends http www.nevadawilderness.org library area.asp?nMode 1&nLibraryID 27 Bristlecone Wilderness Friends of Nevada Wilderness ref Vegetation in the Wilderness consists primarily of desert brush and grass at the lower elevations and a scattering of pinyon pine , juniper , and the namesake bristleconepine stands on the upland slopes. Groves of aspen exist in several washes, including Rattlesnake Canyon. ref name blm http www.blm.gov pgdata etc medialib blm nv gis maps.Par.28927.File.dat Bristlecone combined.pdf Bristlecone Wilderness Nevada BLM ref See also List of wilderness areas in Nevada List of U.S. Wilderness Areas Wilderness Act References reflist External links http www.blm.gov pgdata etc medialib blm nv gis maps.Par.28927.File.dat Bristlecone combined.pdf Bristlecone Wilderness Nevada BLM http www.nevadawilderness.org library area.asp?nMode 1&nLibraryID 27 Bristlecone Wilderness Friends of Nevada Wilderness http www.wilderness.org WhereWeWork Nevada ScientistsSupportWhitePineCountyWilderness.cfm Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada ... Protected areas of White Pine County, Nevada Category Bureau of Land Management areas in Nevada Nevada ... more details
notability date April 2012 The http www.gbbo.org gbb.html GreatBasin Bird Observatory is a 1997 ornithological organization based in Reno, Nevada that publishes the journal GreatBasin Birds . Category 1997 establishments in the United States Category Fauna of the GreatBasin desert region Category Ornithological organizations Category Reno, Nevada charity stub ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name GreatBasin Spadefoot image Spadefoot pic.jpg thumb alt GreatBasin Spadefoot status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Amphibia ordo Anura familia Scaphiopodidae genus Spea species S. intermontana binomial Spea intermontana binomial authority Edward Drinker Cope Cope , 1883 synonyms The GreatBasin Spadefoot Spea intermontana is a species of toad in the Scaphiopodidae family. Identification The GreatBasin Spadefoot ranges from 3.8 to 6.3 cm long. It is usually gray, olive, or brown colored. Gray streaks outline an hourglass shaped marking on the back. The skin is smooth compared with the bumpy skin of the true toads in the genus Bufo . There is a spade present on the inside of each hind foot it has sharp edges and is wedge shaped. A glandular boss is present between the eyes. Eyes are catlike ... eyelid. Habitat and Distribution The natural habitat s of the GreatBasin Spadefoot include pinyon juniper, ponderosa pine , and high elevation spruce fir forests, semidesert shrubland , sagebrush plant .... The GreatBasin Spadefoot can be found from southern British Columbia through the eastern portions ... Reported predators of adult GreatBasin Spadefoot toads include rattlesnakes, coyotes, and owls ... Behavior GreatBasin Spadefoot toads have adapted to life in dry habitats. Desiccation is avoided by this terrestrial amphibian through burrowing into the ground. The GreatBasin Spadefoot uses the hard ..., D.G. 2008 . Feeding by the GreatBasin Spadefoot Toad. Western North American Naturalist 68 ...?species 59046 GreatBasin rangemap IUCN Category Spea Category Fauna of the GreatBasin desert ... vi GreatBasin Spadefoot ... it to continue to suck water out of the soil through osmosis. When the summer rains arrive the GreatBasin Spadefoot is able to emerge from its burrow. References Hammerson, G. 2004 . http www.iucnredlist.org ... more details
Cleanup rewrite date May 2009 Image Nordamerikanische Kulturareale en.png thumb The GreatBasin tribes ... The Indigenous peoples of the GreatBasin are the Native Americans in the United States Native American peoples of the GreatBasin inhabited a cultural region between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra ... , and Utah . There is very little precipitation in the GreatBasin area, which affects the lifestyles and cultures of the inhabitants. The GreatBasin is a cultural classification of indigenous ... to refer to the culture of the GreatBasin tribes. This culture is characterized by the need for mobility .... Agriculture was not practiced within the GreatBasin itself, although it was practiced in adjacent areas modern agriculture in the GreatBasin requires either large mountain reservoir water reservoirs or deep Artesian aquifer artesian wells . Likewise, the GreatBasin tribes had no permanent settlements ... supplies. In the early historical period the GreatBasin tribes were actively expanding to the north ..., and the Indigenous Native American Indians of the GreatBasin Region of North America ref The first Europeans to reach the area were the Spain Spanish . GreatBasin settlement by European Americans ... with European Americans occurred so late, GreatBasin tribes managed to maintain their religion ... first emerged in the GreatBasin. Similarly, the Peyote Native religion first developed here in response ... name Volume11 cite book last D Azevedo first Warren L editor year 1986 title Volume 11 GreatBasin ... in determining its future. GreatBasin peoples colbegin 2 Bannock people Bannock , Idaho ref name ... areas of indigenous North Americans DEFAULTSORT Indigenous peoples of the GreatBasin Category Indigenous peoples of the GreatBasin Category Native American tribes in California Category Native ... seeds and storage including the storage of pine nuts, a Paiute Shoshone staple. Heavy items such as metate ... , Bannock people Bannock and Eastern Shoshone are often considered to be Great Plains tribes ... more details
Image Great lakes basin.jpg thumb 300px Map of Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Minnesota , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin in the United States , and the province of Ontario in Canada , whose direct surface runoff and watersheds form a large drainage basin that feeds into the lakes. Sub basins Each individual lake forms a sub basin, such as the Lake Erie Basin , and each sub basin consists of multiple watersheds, such as Pennsylvania s Lake Erie Watershed Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed . The overall Great Lakes Basin is monitored by the binational Great Lakes Commission . St. Lawrence Basin Quebec , a portion of whose lands drain into the St. Lawrence Basin, is a signatory to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985, the 2001 Charter Annex, and the Agreements of 2005. ref http www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca eau grandslacs en 2005 index.htm Great Lakes Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement, Government of Quebec ref While not a part of the Great Lakes Basin, Quebec s position along the Saint Lawrence Seaway makes it a partner in water resource management with Ontario and the eight US states mentioned above. See also Grand River Michigan Grand River Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Speed River drainage basin Watershed Notes Image Great Lakes Basin.svg thumb 300px Another map of the Great Lakes Basin. reflist External links http www.glc.org Great Lakes Commission http www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca eau bassinversant regionshydro index.htm Hydrographic Regions of Quebec Greatlakes Category Watersheds of the United States Category Watersheds of Canada Category Great Lakes ... more details
09 06 quote br The southern border of the GreatBasin Province is marked by the replacement of sagebrush ... Boreal Subkingdom GreatBasin Province or with the Neotropical Kingdom Mexican Xerophylic Madrean Region ... corresponds to the Central Basin and Range ecoregion and the GreatBasin section GreatBasin physiographic ..., with montane habitats. Deserts The larger deserts of the GreatBasin Province are the GreatBasin Desert convert 39505 mi2 km2 in Nevada and the Great Salt Lake Desert convert 4000 mi2 km2 and Escalante Desert convert 3270 mi2 km2 in Utah . See also GreatBasin shrub steppe Deserts and xeric shrublands biome ecoregion GreatBasin montane forests Temperate coniferous forest biome ecoregion Central Basin and Range ecoregion Level III ecoregion EPA Northern Basin and Range ecoregion Level III ecoregion EPA Category Flora of the GreatBasin desert region Index Flora of the GreatBasin desert region References Reflist Category Floristic provinces Category Ecology of the GreatBasin Category Madrean Region Category Ecoregions of the United States Category Flora of the GreatBasin desert region ... Basin & Range ecoregion at pixels 453 horizontal & 1151 vertical interpolates to 37.28N,117.71W ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name GreatBasin Pocket Mouse image status LC ... name iucn The GreatBasin Pocket Mouse Perognathus parvus is a species of rodent in the Heteromyidae ..., Mark S. 1983. Evolutionary relationships of Heteromyid rodents. GreatBasin Naturalist. 7 3 29 ref ... . Distribution The GreatBasin Pocket Mouse occurs in the Columbia Basin Columbia River Basin and the Great .... parvus olivaceus . ref name r18 Plant communities The GreatBasin Pocket Mouse occupies steppe s and open ... pine P. jefferyi woodlands. ref name r18 River Riparian zones may have larger concentrations of Great ... and winter, GreatBasin Pocket Mice remain in their burrows in a state of torpor . ref name r33 O Farrell ... J. Gilbert, Richard O. Hedlund, John D. 1975. A population of GreatBasin Pocket Mice, Perognathus ... slightly before females. In south central Washington, GreatBasin Pocket Mice emerged from March ... of females. Captive female GreatBasin Pocket Mice from eastern Washington fed lettuce and seeds had significantly larger ovaries than control females fed only seeds. GreatBasin Pocket Mice remain .... 1978. Bioengergetics of the GreatBasin Pocket Mouse, Perognathus parvus . Acta Theriologica . 23 32 ... gonadal shrinkage in GreatBasin Pocket Mice. A favorable diet apparently overrides this effect, however, extending the breeding season. In nature, GreatBasin Pocket Mice remain reproductively active ... and endogenous control of reproductive function in the GreatBasin pocket mouse Perognathus parvus journal Biology of Reproduction volume 31 issue 4 pages 637 645 pmid 6509135 ref GreatBasin ... been reported for GreatBasin Pocket Mice in British Columbia. Males may have larger home ranges ... 50 57 ref Cover requirements GreatBasin Pocket Mice are nocturnal and use burrows for daytime cover ... the GreatBasin of southeastern Oregon The relat. of terrestrial vertebrates to plant communities ... American mammals. New York Alfred A. Knopf, Inc ref Food habits GreatBasin Pocket Mice consume ... more details
Image WheelerSunset.JPG 300px thumb Wheeler Peak at sunset, GreatBasin National Park Snake Valley is a north south trending valley that straddles the Nevada Utah border in the central GreatBasin . It is bound by the Snake Range and the Deep Creek Mountains to the west and the Confusion Range to the east. The valley is the gateway to GreatBasin National Park and Lehman Caves , which is located in the western part of the valley and on the southern Snake Range. People Image SnakeValley.JPG right thumb Sheep grazing in southern Snake Valley Though it is relatively isolated from civilization today, the human presence in Snake Valley goes back 12,000 years. ref http protectsnakevalley.com history.html Snake Valley history ref The oldest accessible evidence of this is the Baker Archeological Site , ref http www.nps.gov grba historyculture baker archeological site.htm ref a Fremont culture habitat maintained by the Bureau of Land Management BLM . Current towns in the valley include Baker, Nevada home to the GreatBasin National Park Headquarters , Garrison, Utah , Burbank, Utah , EskDale, Utah , Callao, Utah , Partoun, Utah , Trout Creek, Utah , Gandy, Utah , and Border, Utah , a community around a rest stop built across the Utah Nevada state line called the Border Inn, along U.S. Route 6 Nevada U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 50 Nevada U.S. Route 50 . Today, the main industries in the valley are farming and ranching, especially sheep ranching. Water File WheelerSnow.JPG thumb left Snowpack in the high mountains west of Snake Valley contribute to the relatively large amount of groundwater available in the area Snake Valley is noted for a water project involving the Las Vegas Valley , ref ... area is arid and part of the GreatBasin Desert , the relatively high ranges like the Snake ... ref that would target the underlying Basin and Range Carbonate Aquifer , an aquifer that supplies local ... Pine County, Nevada ... more details
For the other World Wildlife Fund WWF ecoregion named for the GreatBasinGreatBasin montane forest Infobox ecoregion name GreatBasin shrub steppe image image size image alt image caption country United ... Atlas area biome Deserts and xeric shrublands map GreatBasin Shrub Steppe map.svg map size map alt map caption The GreatBasin shrub steppe ecoregion , within the Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome , includes various xeric shrub steppe sub ecoregions in the GreatBasin region of the Western United ... States WWF ref The GreatBasin Desert and semi arid non desert xeric shrubland species include Artemisia ... 10 inches per year and have ecotones between other Nearctic biomes in this part of the GreatBasin ... GreatBasin Desert Examples The Black Rock Desert is in the Central Basin and Range ecoregion at the edge of the Northern Basin and Range ecoregion Northern Basin and Range ecoregion and has two Level IV ecoregions Central Basin and Range ecoregion Lahontan Salt Shrub Basin Lahontan Salt Shrub Basin and a non shrub steppe ecoregion, Central Basin and Range ecoregion Lahontan Playa Lahontan Playa . In the Dixie Valley Drainage basin watershed , the sub ecoregions of Central Basin and Range ... of Sulfur Rd . ref See also Central Basin and Range ecoregion Category Flora of the GreatBasin desert region Index Flora of the GreatBasin desert region List of ecoregions in the United States WWF ... coord missing United States Category Ecology of the GreatBasin Category Deserts and xeric shrublands ... Salt Shrub Basin and Lahontan Playa ecoregions. But additionally at higher elevations are the Dixie Valley s Central Basin and Range ecoregion Lahontan Sagebrush Slope Lahontan Sagebrush Slope west and Central Basin and Range ecoregion Central Nevada High Valley Central Nevada High Valley east ecoregions that transition to the mountainous Central Basin and Range ecoregion Lahontan Upland Lahontan Upland and Central Basin and Range ecoregion Central Nevada Mid Slope Woodland & Brushland Central ... more details
Desert east br Mojave Desert south image GB Definition Map.jpg image caption The GreatBasin Province has desert areas within the northern area of the GreatBasin . country United States country flag 1 state Nevada state1 Utah region type Counties region district2 district3 part GreatBasin National ... Desert GreatBasin Desert is the largest U. S. desert, covering 190,000 square miles. It is bordered ... to the north and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to the south. The GreatBasin Desert, unlike the Mojave ... of a 1986 report by J. Robert Macey who distinguished GreatBasin Scrub desert versus Creosote Bush desert . ref name Macey Rainfall within the GreatBasin Desert region varies from 7 12 inches of rainfall ... the Deep Springs Valley which contains GreatBasin Scrub desert. ref name Macey Cite report last ... the GreatBasin and Mojave Deserts url http www.wmrs.edu resources reference 20documents Natural 20History ... that the GreatBasin sic Desert deserved recognition and defined it as the interior drainage lying ... the GreatBasin Desert as the high elevation desert that lacks Creosote Bush. versus the region s with convert 10 in mm abbr on annual precipitation. NOTE The term GreatBasin Desert does not appear in the 1964 GreatBasin report by Banta and Tanner Cite journal last1 Banta first1 Benjamin H ... Basin url http biostor.org reference 1233 format Biostor.org viewer journal The GreatBasin Naturalist accessdate 2011 11 22 ref The GreatBasin Desert is a cold desert caused by the rain shadow effect ... deserts.htm National Park Service, GreatBasin National Park ref The predominant flora are continuous ... Ocean A Natural History of the GreatBasin url http www.stephentrimble.net books Preface 20without ... Desert is the edge of Creosote Bush habitat and is also the south demarcation of the GreatBasin ... GreatBasin deserts Category Geography of Millard County, Utah ka pt Deserto da Grande Bacia sv GreatBasin knen ... more details
Infobox university name GreatBasin College image name Greatbasincollegelogo.jpg type Public Community college 2 year community college established 1967 students 3,436 ref name collegeviewstats ref city Elko, Nevada country United States colors Green and Gold color box 006633 color box FFCC33 mascot Bighorn Sheep former names Elko Community College br Northern Nevada Community College affiliations Nevada System of Higher Education br Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities website http www.gbcnv.edu gbcnv.edu GreatBasin College is a member of the Nevada System of Higher Education , located in Elko, Nevada , USA . Opened in 1967 as Elko Community College , it was later renamed to Northern Nevada Community College and then to its current name. ref name history ref It has 3,436 students. ref name collegeviewstats ref Programs The College offers two year and four year degrees in a variety of disciplines. It offers Associate of Applied Science degrees in the areas of business, computer office technology, criminal justice, early childhood education, industrial technology, and nursing. Additionally, it offers four year degrees in elementary and secondary education, applied science, nursing, and integrated studies. As a comprehensive college, the institution provides instruction ... ref Campuses File GreatBasin College clocktower.jpg thumb 200px Elko campus GreatBasin College has ... history.html title History of the College publisher GreatBasin College author Charles Greenhaw ... greatbasin college figures title Facts & Figures for GreatBasin College publisher College View accessdate October 15 2010 ref ref name cappex cite web url http www.cappex.com colleges GreatBasin College 182306 title GreatBasin College in Elko, Nevada publisher Cappex accessdate October 15 2010 ref ref name campuses cite web url http www2.gbcnv.edu campus title GreatBasin College Campuses publisher GreatBasin College accessdate October 15 2010 ref NevadaUC coord 40.842619 115.767156 display ... more details
GreatBasin rattlesnake may refer to Crotalus oreganus in general , a.k.a. the western rattlesnake, a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia and northwestern Mexico. Crotalus oreganus lutosus in particular , a.k.a. the GreatBasin rattlesnake, a venomous pit viper subspecies found in the GreatBasin region of the United States. This area stretches from parts of eastern California east into Western Colorado, from south Nevada north into southeastern Oregon. The GreatBasin rattlesnake is not a large snake, adults range in size from 15 to 36 with the rare individual a few inches larger than three feet. The GreatBasin rattlesnake displays many different color variations throughout its range. It is commonly found in rocky sagebrush desert and rangeland areas. The species often hibernates in south facing rocky den sites, where large numbers often congregate in the deep crevices of these rocky slopes. The GreatBasin rattlesnake feeds mainly on small rodents and will also eat lizards and the occasional bird. The young are born live in the late summer months. During the heat of the summer these reptiles are most active at night. Crotalus viridis , a.k.a. the prairie rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper species native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico. SIA snakes This is a Set Index Article SIA about snakes. If other, non snake topics with this name exist, please, do not turn this into a disambiguation page, but create a separate disambiguation page instead. Category Crotalus by common name Category Fauna of the GreatBasin desert region lower case f is used to place all the namesake fauna & flora together in the category Common locations are the northeast Reno, Nv area primarily the surroundings of Pyramid Lake. ... more details
Image GreatSouthBasinNZ.PNG thumb right Approximate location of the Great South Basin with approximate location of allocated Oil Exploration Blocks The Great South Basin is an area of mainly sea to the south of the South Island of New Zealand . Starting in the 1960s, the area was explored and drilled for oil deposits by various minerals companies, mostly international, but by 1984 all of these companies had left empty handed. ref http www.crownminerals.govt.nz cms pdf library petroleum basins 1 gsb media pack GSB 20Timeline.pdf Crown Minerals Great South Basin Timeline ref With advances in seismic surveying and drilling technology, hopes have been raised once again for a potential oil strike. Since 2006, new tenders for drilling rights have been issued. ref http www.scoop.co.nz stories PA0607 S00547.htm Bidding opens for oil and gas in Great South Basin ref In 2010, Exxon Mobil and Todd Energy relinquished their exploration rights, citing technical difficulties and the harshness of the environment. ref cite web url http www.nzherald.co.nz business news article.cfm?c id 3&objectid 10679766 title Exxon Mobil abandons Great South Basin publisher New Zealand Herald date 11 October 2010 ref Royal Dutch Shell subsequently purchased a stake in a joint venture headed by OMV New Zealand. ref cite web url http www.stuff.co.nz business industries 5453456 title Shell joins southern oil hunt Shell joins southern oil hunt publisher BusinessDay.co.nz date 16 August 2011 ref References reflist External links http oilgasmineralsnz.com oilgasminerals GreatSouthBasin Oil,Gas & Minerals Of Southland, New Zealand http www.crownminerals.govt.nz cms about media centre great south basin media pack 1 great south basin questions and answers Crown Minerals Group Ministry of Economic Development coord missing New Zealand Category Geography of the Southland Region Category Oceanic basins Category New Zealand seafloor oceanography Southland geo stub ... more details
Geobox drainage basin name Great Divide Basin native name other name other name1 topo maker USGS topo ... note ref name gnis gnis 1597072 Great Divide Basin 1597072 , http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic ... Data Inventory Green River Great Divide Basin Introduction publisher Waterplan.state.wy.us date ... OF THE location FIELDS map Wyoming Locator Map.PNG map caption Great Divide Basin within Wyoming map locator Wyoming map first website Distinguish GreatBasin Divide The Great Divide BasinGreat Divide Closed Basin ref cite web title Great Divide Closed Basin Watershed 14040200 url http cfpub.epa.gov ... Default.aspx GreatBasin Divide , http www.wsgs.uwyo.edu StratWeb WashakieBasin Default.aspx Washakie Basin ref The basin is a high desert dominated by sand dunes , bluffs and Salt pan geology ... Metals Corporation Adds 5 Uranium Deposits And 39.5 Million Pounds In The Great Divide Basin, Wyoming ... A westward traveler on Interstate 80 crosses from Gulf of Mexico drainage to the Great Divide Basin ... he enters the GreatBasin and stays in it until the crest of the Sierra Nevada. External media align right width 18em image1 http cfpub.epa.gov surf huc.cfm?huc code 14040200 Great Divide Closed Basin ... of North America ca Great Divide Basin de Great Divide Basin es Great Divide Basin ... States physiographic region Rocky Mountain Section Wyoming Basin physiographic province category Drainage basin image NorthAmerica WaterDivides.png image caption The Great Divide Basin is a United States endorheic drainage basin of the Continental Divide of the Americas . etymology type etymology country ... basin of the Continental Divide of the Americas . The basin is between the Green River Utah Green River ... watershed on the east drains to the Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico . From the northwest, the basin begins ... elk . The basin includes uranium ore deposits and many oil and natural gas wells. ref cite ... debate between those that wish to utilize the resources within the basin and those that wish ... more details
Distinguish Great Divide disambiguation Great Divide BasinGreat Western Divide merge from List of Great ... image caption The GreatBasin Divide demarcates the GreatBasin . country1 United States country2 Mexico parent North America map caption Location map USA West width 325 float right alt GreatBasin Divide caption small GreatBasin Divide align right File Pink pog.svg 7px triple pt, ref name PB Cite ... position left label 31.46 N GeoGroupTemplate The GreatBasin Divide is the western continental divide that separates the GreatBasin from the Pacific Ocean watershed. The water divide is the perimeter ... Joaquin River subregion that drains to the Pacific is adjacent to the GreatBasin s Mono Northern ..., into out of the smaller GreatBasin section , Interstate Highway System Interstate Highways , and aqueducts ... GreatBasin Divide points, north to south except 1st section north, OR to WY is east to west ST County ... point of GreatBasin OR align right small Coord N W region US OR type landmark crossing United States physiographic region physiographic Harney Basin Harney section & GreatBasin section OR subregion ... River Payette , Snake River Plain , & GreatBasin section s NV subregion Great Salt Lake align right ... , & GreatBasin sections ID Caribou small Convert 7260 ft m abbr on ref name Elevation Query Cite web ... Units FEET&Source Layer 1&Elevation Only FALSE 3908 ft Columbia River GreatBasin Divide ref ... on Geographic Names accessdate 2010 05 13 br cite gnis 379593 Columbia River GreatBasin Divide 379593 ... Basin disambiguation Columbia River GreatBasin Divide Verify source IS THIS USGS POINT ACTUALLY ... align right small Coord N W region US WY type landmark extreme point easternmost point of GreatBasin ... physiographic Sonoran Desert Sonoran & GreatBasin section s in Mojave Desert CA small San Bernardino ... right small Coord N W region US CA type landmark extreme point westernmost watershed of GreatBasin ... and Colorado River subregions References Reflist GreatBasin watersheds Category Water divides ... more details
thumb right 280px Hot water bore hole into the Great Artesian Basin in Thargomindah, Queensland Thargomindah The Great Artesian Basin provides the only reliable source of freshwater through ... s Great Artesian Basin . Griffith University Ph.D. Thesis. November 2001. Accessed 2009 07 26 ... name fs The Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee GABCC ref name GABCC http www.gabcc.org.au ... aquifer. The eastern edge of the basin was Tectonic uplift uplifted when the Great Dividing ... Mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia a case study from Olympic Dam journal ... without pump ing. The discovery and use of water held underground in the Great Artesian Basin opened ... water factsheets Great Artesian Basin accessdate 30 September 2010 publisher Department of Environment ... of Basin management As the Great Artesian Basin underlies parts of Queensland, New South Wales, South ... of this important natural resource is required. The Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee GABCC ... background to the Great Artesian Basin, including an overview of the nature of the Basin, the extraction of water and the impacts of that extraction, can be found in the Great Artesian Basin Resource Study, developed by the GABCC to support the Great Artesian Basin Strategic Management Plan ... and chemical damage to the Great Artesian Basin as a result of coal seam gas extraction. In one incident ... 130 litres of a potentially toxic chemical into the Great Artesian Basin. QGC admitted the incident ... of the Great Artesian Basin , L.A. Endersbee, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering http www.nrw.qld.gov.au water gab The Great Artesian Basin , Queensland Department of Natural ... for Australia , ScienceDaily http www.gabcc.org.au Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee information and resources relating to the Great Artesian Basin http www.environment.gov.au water publications agriculture video great artesian basin.html Water Down Under The Great Artesian Basin Story ... more details
Main List of rivers in the United States The list of rivers of the GreatBasin identifies waterways named as rivers, regardless of the amount of their flow. Expand list date August 2008 Amargosa River Death Valley Nevada , California American Fork River Utah Lake Utah Bear River Utah Bear River Great Salt Lake Utah , Wyoming , Idaho Logan River Utah Logan River Utah Little Bear River Utah Blacksmith Fork Utah Carson River Carson Sink Nevada Donner und Blitzen River Harney Basin Oregon Little Blitzen River Humboldt River Humboldt Sink Nevada Little Humboldt River North Fork Humboldt River South Fork Humboldt River Reese River Jordan River Utah Jordan River Great Salt Lake Utah Mojave River Mojave Desert California Owens River Owens Valley California Ogden River Great Salt Lake Utah Weber River Provo River Utah Provo River Utah Lake Utah Quinn River Black Rock Desert Nevada Kings River Nevada Kings River Sevier River Sevier Lake Utah East Fork Sevier River Beaver River Sevier River Beaver River Utah redirects to Sevier Lake Feb,2012 The new article should be Beaver River Utah enters the Sevier River, near Clear Lake, Utah enters a seep area San Pitch River Silvies River Harney Basin Oregon Susan River California Susan River Honey Lake California Spanish Fork River Utah Lake Utah Truckee River Pyramid Lake Nevada Pyramid Lake California , Nevada Walker River Nevada Walker River Walker Lake Nevada Walker Lake Nevada East Walker River West Walker River Little Walker River Category Lists of rivers of the United States GreatBasin Category Landforms of the GreatBasin ro List de r uri din Marele Bazin ... more details
Main Basin and Range Province The GreatBasin section is a physiographic area which extends into the Colorado ... accessdate 5 October 2010 ref The GreatBasin section s northern border in Nevada is a portion of the GreatBasin Divide , the southern border extends into the Mojave Desert , and the western border ... System Rocky Mountains 20 West Sierra Nevada Mountains Centre GreatBasin section East Colorado ... 22d coord missing United States Category Basin and Range Province Category Landforms of the GreatBasin Category Physiographic sections Category Western Cordillera North America ... period biome Central Basin and Range ecoregion plant animal author style material established date management ... The largest section of the Basin and Range Province was originally defined as two sections in 1917 ... Basin and Range ecoregion and the Sonoran Desert Level III EPA ecoregions. ref ref cite book ... more details
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