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Basin and Range
The Basin and
Range is the westernmost part of the
Great Basin. The province is characterized
by interior drainage with lakes and
playas, and the typical horst and graben
structure (subparallel, fault-bounded
ranges separated by downdropped
basins). Death Valley, the lowest area in
the United States (280 feet below sea
level at Badwater), is one of these
grabens. Another graben, Owens Valley,
lies between the bold eastern fault scarp
of the Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains.
The northern Basin and Range Province
includes the Honey Lake Basin.
Ecosections:
Southern Great Basin
Mojave Desert
National & State Parks
Wilderness Areas
