The New Student's Reference Work/Great Basin

Great Basin, a triangular plateau, covering the western part of, nearly the whole of and part of  and , and extending into , lying between the Wahsatch and the. It stretches about 500 miles along the base of the triangle from east to west and 800 miles from north to south. It is traversed by mountain ranges and covered by many streams and lakes, mostly salt, that have no outlet, but either drain by evaporation or sink into the sands of the desert.