Map of the Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest region of contiguous endorheic drainage basins in North America , and is encompassed by the Great Basin Divide . This is a list of the drainage basins in the Great Basin that are over 500 sq mi (1,300 km2 ), listed by the state containing most of the basin.
Great Salt Lake (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming) 19,162 sq mi (49,630 km2 )
Bear River (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming) 7,561 sq mi (19,580 km2 )
Weber River (Utah, Wyoming) 2,093 sq mi (5,420 km2 )
Jordan River (Utah) 3,551 sq mi (9,200 km2 )
Skull Valley (Utah) 814 sq mi (2,110 km2 )
Deep Creek (Curlew Valley ) (Idaho, Utah) 1,033 sq mi (2,680 km2 )
Pine Valley (Utah) 733 sq mi (1,900 km2 )
Tule Valley (Utah) 951 sq mi (2,460 km2 )
Rush Valley (Utah) 722 sq mi (1,870 km2 )
Bonneville Salt Flats (Nevada, Utah) 8,602 sq mi (22,280 km2 )
Newfoundland Evaporation Basin (Nevada, Utah) 4,516 sq mi (11,700 km2 )
Sevier Lake (Utah) 9,387 sq mi (24,310 km2 )
Pavant Valley (Utah) 1,108 sq mi (2,870 km2 ) Most of Pavant Valley drains to the Sevier River artificially via the Central Utah Canal.
Sevier Desert (Utah) 1,029 sq mi (2,670 km2 )
Mud Spring Wash (Utah) 1,053 sq mi (2,730 km2 )
Escalante Desert (Nevada, Utah) 1,442 sq mi (3,730 km2 )
Wah Wah Valley (Utah) 600 sq mi (1,600 km2 )
Carson Sink (California, Nevada) 19,839 sq mi (51,380 km2 )
Humboldt River (Nevada) 16,753 sq mi (43,390 km2 )
Little Humboldt River 1,780 sq mi (4,600 km2 )
Reese River (Nevada) 2,377 sq mi (6,160 km2 )
Rock Creek (Nevada) 746 sq mi (1,930 km2 )
Coyote Creek (Crescent Valley) (Nevada) 1,171 sq mi (3,030 km2 )
Pine Creek (Nevada) 1,005 sq mi (2,600 km2 )
South Fork Humboldt River (Nevada) 1,306 sq mi (3,380 km2 )
North Fork Humboldt River (Nevada) 998 sq mi (2,580 km2 )
Marys River (Nevada) 514 sq mi (1,330 km2 )
Carson River (California, Nevada) 2,585 sq mi (6,700 km2 )
Stillwater Marsh (Nevada) 854 sq mi (2,210 km2 )
Black Rock Desert (Nevada, Oregon) 8,509 sq mi (22,040 km2 )
High Rock Lake (Nevada) 665 sq mi (1,720 km2 )
Smoke Creek Desert (California, Nevada) 1,261 sq mi (3,270 km2 )
Duck Lake (California, Nevada) 573 sq mi (1,480 km2 )
Thousand Creek (Nevada, Oregon) 1,037 sq mi (2,690 km2 )
Pyramid Lake (California, Nevada) 3,112 sq mi (8,060 km2 )
Blue Wing Flat (Granite Springs Valley) (Nevada) 975 sq mi (2,530 km2 )
Walker Lake (California, Nevada) 3,561 sq mi (9,220 km2 )
Buffalo Valley (Nevada) 500 sq mi (1,300 km2 )
Buena Vista Valley (Nevada) 736 sq mi (1,910 km2 )
Humboldt Salt Marsh (Nevada) 2,083 sq mi (5,390 km2 )
Gabbs Valley (Nevada) 1,273 sq mi (3,300 km2 )
Big Smoky Valley (Nevada) 2,049 sq mi (5,310 km2 )
Grass Valley (Nevada) 592 sq mi (1,530 km2 )
Rock Creek (Nevada) 590 sq mi (1,500 km2 )
Wadsworth Creek (Monitor Valley) (Nevada) 525 sq mi (1,360 km2 )
Diamond Valley (Nevada) 2,598 sq mi (6,730 km2 )
Newark Lake (Nevada) 1,444 sq mi (3,740 km2 )
Long Valley (Nevada) 647 sq mi (1,680 km2 )
Franklin Lake (Nevada) 648 sq mi (1,680 km2 )
Cole Creek (Independence Valley) (Nevada) 1,025 sq mi (2,650 km2 )
Yelland Dry Lake (Nevada) 1,191 sq mi (3,080 km2 )
Goshute Lake (Nevada) 1,809 sq mi (4,690 km2 )
Goshute Valley (Nevada) 1,504 sq mi (3,900 km2 )
Lake Valley (Nevada) 554 sq mi (1,430 km2 )
Dry Lake Valley (Nevada) 897 sq mi (2,320 km2 )
Fish Lake Valley (California, Nevada) 983 sq mi (2,550 km2 )
Mud Lake (Nevada) 1,963 sq mi (5,080 km2 )
Clayton Valley (Nevada) 555 sq mi (1,440 km2 )
Butterfield Marsh (Nevada) 3,780 sq mi (9,800 km2 )
Sand Springs Wash (Nevada) 507 sq mi (1,310 km2 )
Gold Flat (Nevada) 685 sq mi (1,770 km2 )
Sarcobatus Flat (Nevada) 1,237 sq mi (3,200 km2 )
China Wash (Lida Valley) (Nevada) 538 sq mi (1,390 km2 )
Coal Valley (Nevada) 952 sq mi (2,470 km2 )
Sand Spring Valley (Nevada) 699 sq mi (1,810 km2 )
Groom Lake (Nevada) 669 sq mi (1,730 km2 )
Desert Valley (Nevada) 990 sq mi (2,600 km2 )
Indian Springs Valley (Nevada) 661 sq mi (1,710 km2 )
Mesquite Valley (California, Nevada) 504 sq mi (1,310 km2 )
Eldorado Valley (Nevada) 534 sq mi (1,380 km2 )
Malheur Lake (Oregon) 3,062 sq mi (7,930 km2 )
Harney Lake (Oregon) 1,810 sq mi (4,700 km2 )
Silver Lake (Oregon) 798 sq mi (2,070 km2 )
Lake Abert (Oregon) 897 sq mi (2,320 km2 )
Bluejoint Lake (Warner Lakes) (California, Nevada, Oregon) 1,896 sq mi (4,910 km2 )
Crump Lake (California, Nevada, Oregon) 1,084 sq mi (2,810 km2 )
Guano Lake (Nevada, Oregon) 916 sq mi (2,370 km2 )
Catlow Valley (Oregon) 1,352 sq mi (3,500 km2 )
Alvord Lake (Nevada, Oregon) 706 sq mi (1,830 km2 )
Goose Lake (California, Oregon) 1,088 sq mi (2,820 km2 )
Madeline Plains (California, Nevada) 714 sq mi (1,850 km2 )
Honey Lake (California, Nevada) 1,905 sq mi (4,930 km2 )
Mono Lake (California, Nevada) 785 sq mi (2,030 km2 )
Owens Lake (California, Nevada) 3,501 sq mi (9,070 km2 )
Owens River (California, Nevada) 2,903 sq mi (7,520 km2 )
Eureka Valley (California, Nevada) 564 sq mi (1,460 km2 )
Salt Lake (California) 742 sq mi (1,920 km2 )
Amargosa River (California, Nevada) 8,785 sq mi (22,750 km2 )
Salt Creek (California, Nevada) 2,307 sq mi (5,980 km2 )
Salt Creek (California) 1,330 sq mi (3,400 km2 )
Rock Valley (California, Nevada) 655 sq mi (1,700 km2 )
Fortymile Canyon (California, Nevada) 1,769 sq mi (4,580 km2 )
Panamint Valley (northern) (California) 570 sq mi (1,500 km2 )
Panamint Valley (southern) (California) 916 sq mi (2,370 km2 )
China Lake (California) 1,175 sq mi (3,040 km2 )
Searles Lake (California) 710 sq mi (1,800 km2 )
Koehn Lake (California) 896 sq mi (2,320 km2 )
Rogers Dry Lake (California) 831 sq mi (2,150 km2 )
Rosamond Lake (California) 1,098 sq mi (2,840 km2 )
Harper Lake (California) 765 sq mi (1,980 km2 )
Silver Lake 2,474 sq mi (6,410 km2 )
Ivanpah Lake (California, Nevada) 820 sq mi (2,100 km2 )
Dale Lake (California) 544 sq mi (1,410 km2 )
Bristol Lake (California) 713 sq mi (1,850 km2 )
Cadiz Lake (California) 1,639 sq mi (4,240 km2 )
Danby Lake (California) 1,110 sq mi (2,900 km2 )
Ford Dry Lake (California) 2,066 sq mi (5,350 km2 )
Salton Sea (California, Mexico) 6,022 sq mi (15,600 km2 ) - basin is known as the Salton Sink
Lake Elsinore (California) 750 sq mi (1,900 km2 )
For an explanation of hydrologic unit numbers, see Hydrologic unit system (United States) . The Great Basin is administratively split across three different USGS water resource regions (16 - Great Basin water resource region , 18 - California water resource region , and 17 - Pacific Northwest water resource region ) and part of Mexico.
Bear River
Upper Bear River
Lower Bear River
Great Salt Lake
Escalante-Sevier
Black Rock-Humboldt
Central Lahontan
Central Nevada desert
Oregon closed basins
Tulare-Buena Vista
North Lahontan
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake
Southern Mojave-Salton Sea
Baja California & other California