2006-10-17 00:41:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
The Great Basin Desert is the largest desert in North America.
2006-10-17 00:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The Great Basin Desert is the largest desert area of North America. It is also the most northernly, covering most of Nevada (Ne), the western third of Utah (U) and parts of Idaho (Id) and Oregon (Or). It is a cold desert because of its northerly location and its relatively high altitude - most of the land lies above 1200 metres (4000 ft), but in the 'rain shadow' of the higher mountain ranges. Much of the precipitation occurs as winter snowfall, but not all of this melts into the ground because some of it evaporates in spring. The vegetation tends to be very uniform over large areas of this desert. It is dominated by various types of sagebrush, or by saltbush where the soil has a high salt concentration. In fact, the soils often have a high salt content (sodium and calcium ions) caused by evaporation of water in the hot summer months, and no vegetation can grow in the saltiest regions."
2006-10-17 04:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mojave
2006-10-17 00:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by suppajam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mojave Desert!
Drive it Regularly!!
Beautiful place!
2006-10-17 00:48:19 · answer #4 · answered by J. Charles 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mojave is the biggest one in the us but i think there might be another one in north america
2006-10-17 00:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by luiz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its right next to los angelas but I do not recall the name
2006-10-17 00:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Cooker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the great basin desertin
2006-10-17 00:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋