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Revision as of 17:23, 25 June 2009
The following is a list of endorheic basins — watersheds which do not drain to the sea.
Africa
- Chott Melrhir (Algeria)
- Chott Ech Chergui (Algeria)
- Chott el Hodna (Algeria)
- Tidikelt Depression (Algeria)
- Tunisian salt lakes (Tunisia)
- Qattara Depression (Egypt)
- Siwa Depression (Egypt)
- Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria)
- Western Equatorial Crater Lakes (Cameroon)
- Lake Barombi Mbo
- Lake Bermin
- Lake Dissoni/Soden
- Lake Benakouma
- Lake Kotto
- Lake Mboandong
- Makgadikgadi Pans (Botswana)
- Northern Eastern Rift (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia)
- Afar Depression (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia)
- Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes (Ethiopia)
- Lake Turkana Basin (Ethiopia, Kenya)
- Southern Eastern Rift (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Lake Logipi (Kenya)
- Lake Baringo (Kenya)
- Lake Bogoria (Kenya)
- Lake Nakuru (Kenya)
- Lake Elmenteita (Kenya)
- Lake Naivasha (Kenya)
- Lake Magadi (Kenya)
- Lake Natron (Tanzania)
- Lake Eyasi (Tanzania)
- Lake Rukwa (Tanzania)
- Lake Chilwa (Malawi)
- Lake Chiuta (Malawi, Mozambique)
- Etosha Basin (Angola, Namibia)
- Okavango Basin (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
Antarctica
Australia
Image credit: NASA's Earth Observatory
- Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia), which drains into the highly variable Lake Eyre and includes Lake Frome.
- Lake Torrens (South Australia)
- Lake Corangamite (western Victoria)
- Lake George (New South Wales), formerly connected to the Murray-Darling Basin.
Eurasia
- Caspian Sea Basin (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan) including the Volga River.
- Aral Sea Basin (Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) including the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers.
- Lake Balkhash Basin (China, Kazakhstan)
- Emin Valley (China, Kazakhstan)
- Issyk-Kul, Son-Kul and Chatyr-Kul lakes (Kyrgyzstan)
- Dzungarian Basin (China)
- Uvs Nuur basin (Mongolia, Russia)
- Hyargas Lake, Har Us Lake, Har Lake (Mongolia, Russia)
- Tarim Basin (China)
- Gobi Desert (China, Mongolia)
- Qinghai Lake (China)
- Qaidam Basin (China)
- Tibetan Plateau (China)
- Sistan Basin (Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan)
- Hamun-e Mashkid (Iran, Pakistan)
- Hari River, Afghanistan (Tedzhen River) (Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan)
- Murgab River (Afghanistan, Turkmenistan)
- Iranian Plateau (Iran)
- Lake Urmia (Iran)
- Lake Van (Turkey)
- Central Anatolian lakes (Turkey)
- Syrian Desert Basins (Syria, Jordan)
- Sabkhat al Muh (Syria)
- Buhayrat al 'Utaybah (Syria)
- Arabian Plateau (Saudi Arabia)
- Dead Sea Basin (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria)
- Sambhar Lake (India)
- Neusiedlersee (Austria)
- Lake Trasimeno (Italy)
- Laguna de Gallocanta (Spain)
North America
- Endorheic basins in the Great Plains
- Quill Lakes, Lenore Lake, and Basin Lake (Saskatchewan)
- Coteau du Missouri-Old Wives Lake (Saskatchewan)
- Great Sand Hills-Crane Lake and Bigstick Lake (Saskatchewan)
- Pakowki Lake (Alberta)
- Manito, Tramping, Buffalo, and Sullivan lakes (Alberta, Saskatchewan)
- Little Manitou Lake (Saskatchewan)
- Devil's Lake (North Dakota)
- Coteau des Prairies (mostly South Dakota)
- The Sandhills (Nebraska)
- White Woman Basin (Kansas)
- Devil's Lake (Wisconsin)
- Great Divide Basin (Wyoming)
- Crater Lake (Oregon)
- Great Basin (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah)
- Oregon Lakes (California, Oregon)
- Harney Basin (Harney and Malheur lakes) (Oregon)
- Alvord Lake (Oregon)
- Goose Lake (California, Oregon)
- Sumner and Silver lakes (Oregon)
- North Lahontan Basin (California, Nevada, Oregon), a number of endorheic basins that were part of ancient Lake Lahontan
- Black Rock Desert (Nevada)
- Pyramid Lake-Truckee River-Lake Tahoe (California, Nevada)
- Groom Dry Lake (Nevada)
- Carson Sink-Carson River (Nevada)
- Walker Lake-Walker River (California, Nevada)
- Humboldt Sink (Nevada)
- Quinn River (Nevada)
- Honey Lake-Eagle Lake (California)
- Bonneville Basin (Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), a number of endorheic basins that were part of ancient Lake Bonneville
- Great Salt Lake Basin (Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
- Sevier Lake (Utah)
- South Lahontan (California, Nevada)
- Mono Lake (California)
- Ancient Lake Manly (California, Nevada)
- Death Valley-Amargosa River (California, Nevada)
- Panamint Valley (California)
- Searles Lake (California)
- Owens Lake (California)
- China Lake (California)
- Pahrump Valley (California, Nevada)
- Mojave River (California)
- Rogers and Rosamond lakes (California)
- Oregon Lakes (California, Oregon)
- Salton Sea (California, Baja California)
- Zuni Salt Lake (New Mexico)
- Tularosa Basin (New Mexico, Texas)
- Guzmán Basin (northern Mexico, southwestern New Mexico)
- Bolsón de Mapimí (northern Mexico)
- Llanos el Salado (central Mexico)
- Valley of Mexico (central Mexico)
- Lago de Atitlán (Guatemala)
South America
- Altiplano (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru) includes Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopo, and the Salar de Uyuni.
- Lake Valencia (Venezuela)
- Desagues de los Colorados (northeastern Argentina)
- Dulce River (Argentina)-Laguna de Mar Chiquita (north-central Argentina)
- Northwest Pampas Basins (Dry Pampas of central Argentina)
- Southwest Pampas Basins (Dry Pampas of central Argentina)
- Meseta Somuncura (Patagonia region of southern Argentina)
Islands
- Cul-de-Sac Depression and Lago Enriquillo, on Hispaniola Island.
Ancient
Some of the Earth's ancient endorheic systems include:
- The Black Sea, until its merger with the Mediterranean
- The Mediterranean Sea itself and all its tributary basins, during its Messinian dissecation (5 mya aprox.) as it became disconnected from the Atlantic Ocean.
- Ebro and Duero basins, draining most of northern Spain during the Neogene and perhaps Pliocene.
References
- Africa
- Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC. pages 24-25.
- "Cameroon Crater Lakes", World Wildlife Fund [1]
- Australia
- Eurasia
- "Freshwater Fishes of Iran: Drainage Basins" [2]
- North America
- "Watersheds" map in the North American Atlas [3]
- Ricketts, Taylor H., Eric Dinerstein, David M. Olson, Colby J. Loucks, et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC. pages 26-29.
- South America
- Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater Biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Conservation Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC., pages xiv-xv, 24-26.