Great Basin Province
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The Great Basin Province is a region of the Boreal Kingdom
(Madrean Subkingdom) that generally corresponds to the Central Basin and Range ecoregion
and the Great Basin physiographic section
. The province includes deserts with <10 in (254 mm) annual precipitation and non-desert areas, and the largest deserts of the Great Basin Province are Utah
's Great Salt Lake Desert
(4,000 sq mi) and Escalante Desert
(3,270 sq mi).
Boreal Kingdom
The Boreal Kingdom or Holarctic Kingdom is a floristic kingdom identified by botanist Ronald Good , which includes the temperate to Arctic portions of North America and Eurasia. Its flora is inherited from the ancient supercontinent of Laurasia...
(Madrean Subkingdom) that generally corresponds to the Central Basin and Range ecoregion
Central Basin and Range ecoregion
The Central Basin and Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with 26 different Level IV ecoregions...
and the Great Basin physiographic section
Great Basin section
The Great Basin section is a physiographic area which extends into the Colorado River watershed on the southeast , as well as into the watersheds of the Klamath River and Sacramento River...
. The province includes deserts with <10 in (254 mm) annual precipitation and non-desert areas, and the largest deserts of the Great Basin Province are Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
's Great Salt Lake Desert
Great Salt Lake Desert
The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large dry lake in northern Utah between the Great Salt Lake and the Nevada border which is noted for white sand from evaporite Lake Bonneville salt deposits...
(4,000 sq mi) and Escalante Desert
Escalante Desert
The Escalante Desert is a geographic Great Basin region and arid desert ecoregion, in the Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome, located in southwestern Utah.-Geography:...
(3,270 sq mi).