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great basin

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  1. Great Basinnoun

    A large arid area of western United States of America.

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  1. Great Basin

    The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America. It is noted for both its arid conditions and its Basin and range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than 100 miles away at the summit of Mount Whitney. The region spans several physiographic divisions, biomes/ecoregions, and deserts.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of great basin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of great basin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of great basin in a Sentence

  1. Brad Pugh:

    Later in the summer, July and August, if enhanced monsoon rainfall does occur that could provide at least a temporary relief to the drought across Arizona and New Mexico, unfortunately, the summer months are typically dry for California and the Great Basin, so we would expect drought conditions to persist for those areas through the summer.

  2. Jenn Varian:

    The midweek system aligning with an atmospheric moisture surge has the potential to dump an extreme amount of precipitation, potentially flirting with snowfall duration records, in portions of southern California and the western Great Basin.

  3. Nichole Andler:

    The rifle, exposed for all those years to sun, wind, snow and rain, was found leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park.

  4. Chelsea Peters:

    Overall, La Nina typically means less precipitation for the Sierra, Great Basin region, and the Mojave Desert, which is bad for the current drought status and the potential for another active fire season next year, however, the magnitude of the La Nina event will dictate the magnitude of impacts on the winter weather pattern. Considering the current state of ENSO is neutral, La Nina may be weak through at least the early part of the winter season.

  5. Andrew Church:

    Because of climate change and the megadrought across the Western US and especially the Great Basin, there's no moisture in the soil anymore.


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