Great Basin

large depression in western United States
Place depression Q966943
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Great Basin

Summary

Great Basin is a depression[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of depression entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Basin is located in California[3].
  • Great Basin is located in Idaho[4].
  • Great Basin is located in Nevada[5].
  • Great Basin is located in Oregon[6].
  • Great Basin is located in Utah[7].
  • Great Basin is located in Wyoming[8].
  • Great Basin is in the country of United States[9].
  • Great Basin's instance of is recorded as depression[10].
  • Great Basin's instance of is recorded as drainage basin[11].
  • Great Basin's Commons category is recorded as Great Basin (United States)[12].
  • Great Basin's highest point is recorded as Mount Whitney[13].
  • Great Basin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.5786, 'lon': -118.292}[14].
  • Great Basin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.66667, 'lon': -117.66667}[15].
  • Great Basin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Basin[16].
  • Great Basin's Commons gallery is recorded as Great Basin (United States)[17].
  • Great Basin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Great Basin's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[19].
  • Great Basin's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • Great Basin's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[21].
  • Great Basin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[22].

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Geography

Great Basin is in the country of United States[9]. Located in include California[3], an U.S. state[23], in United States[24], founded in 1850[25]; Idaho[4], an U.S. state[26], in United States[27], founded in 1890[28]; Nevada[5], an U.S. state[29], in United States[30], founded in 1864[31]; Oregon[6], an U.S. state[32], in United States[33], founded in 1859[34], headquartered in Salem[35]; Utah[7], an U.S. state[36], in United States[37], founded in 1896[38]; and Wyoming[8], an U.S. state[39], in United States[40], founded in 1890[41].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include depression[10] and drainage basin[11].

Why It Matters

Great Basin ranks in the top 3% of depression entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,192 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Vojtěch Dostál · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 36.5786, 'lon': -118.292}, {'lat': 40.66667, 'lon': -117.66667}
    Country United States
    Coordinates
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, New International Encyclopedia +2
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