Great Basin Divide

Great Basin Divide
Geography
Countries United States and Mexico
Parent range North America
Columbia/ Klamath
44.1°N (Silvies R divide)
Dean
Pass
Columbia/Colorado
Klamath/ Sacramento
Pegleg Mtn
Peeler Lake
Crumbly Sp[1]
31.46°N
Great Basin Divide
-triple pt,[1] -overflow pt, -border, -other

The Great Basin Divide is the western continental divide that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed. The water divide is the perimeter of the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of North America, including six entire USGS watershed subregions.[2] For example, the San Joaquin River subregion that drains to the Pacific is adjacent to the Great Basin's Mono-Northern Mojave subregion and central Lahontan subregion, and their triple point is on the Great Basin Divide.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "USA Lower 48 Triple Divide Points". PeakBagger.com. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
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