Great Basin Divide

Great Basin Divide
Great Basin Divide
Geography
Countries	United States and Mexico
Parent range	North America

Columbia/ Klamath

44.1°N (Silvies R divide)

Dean
Pass

Columbia/Colorado

I-80^{[citation needed]}

I-70^{[citation needed]}

Paunsaugunt Pl

Delamar V

Klamath/ Sacramento

Pegleg Mtn

I-80 Euer P

Peeler Lake

Crumbly Sp^[1]

Tehachapi Pass

Wasson Sill

31.46°N

class=notpageimage|

Great Basin Divide

-triple pt,^[1]

-overflow pt,

-border,

-other

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

The Great Basin Divide is the western continental divide that separates the Great Basin from the Pacific Ocean watershed. The water divide is the perimeter of the largest set of contiguous endorheic watersheds of North America, including six entire USGS watershed subregions.^[2] For example, the San Joaquin River subregion that drains to the Pacific is adjacent to the Great Basin's Mono-Northern Mojave subregion and central Lahontan subregion, and their triple point is on the Great Basin Divide.

In addition to subregion triple points, the table below lists crossings of various boundaries, including those of states, United States physiographic regions (e.g., into/out of the smaller Great Basin section), Interstate Highways, and aqueducts.

Great Basin Divide points, north-to-south except 1st section (north, OR-to-WY) is east-to-west
ST: County	range or watershed	elevation & coordinates	description
OR: Harney	Silvies River Watershed		extreme point: northernmost point of Great Basin
OR			crossing (physiographic): Harney section & Great Basin section
OR	subregion: Black Rock-Humboldt		triple point: Oregon closed basin & Upper Snake subregions
OR/NV			state line: 42nd parallel north
NV	Humboldt River Basin		southernmost point of Upper Snake subregion
NV: Elko	Jarbidge Mountains	2,457 ft (749 m)41°34′42″N 115°24′50″W / 41.57833°N 115.41389°W / 41.57833; -115.41389	crossing (physiographic): Payette, Snake River Plain, & Great Basin sections
NV	subregion: Great Salt Lake		triple point: Upper Snake & Black Rock-Humboldt subregions
NV/UT			state line: between 115th & 114th west meridians
UT	Raft River Mountains
UT/ID			state line: 42nd parallel north
ID: Power	Curlew Valley Watershed		triple point: American Falls & Lake Walcott watersheds
ID: Caribou			crossing (physiographic): Snake plain, Mid Rockies, & Great Basin sections
ID: Caribou		7,260 ft (2,210 m)^[3]42°41′11″N 111°27′14″W / 42.68639°N 111.45389°W / 42.68639; -111.45389^[4]	on ridgeline of Columbia River Great Basin Divide^{[verification needed]}
ID/WY			state line: 111° 3′ meridian west
WY: Lincoln east	subregion: Bear River		triple point: Columbia (Snake) & Colorado (Green) rivers
WY: Lincoln			extreme point: easternmost point of Great Basin
WY: Uinta		41°16′34″N 110°48′05″W / 41.276162°N 110.801411°W / 41.276162; -110.801411	crossing (road): Interstate 80 in Wyoming @ Divide Rd
WY/UT			state line: 41st parallel north
UT			crossing (trail): Uinta Highline Trail
UT	Uinta Mountains		triple point: Bear, Weber, & Green rivers
UT		38°53′41″N 110°37′01″W / 38.89464°N 110.617046°W / 38.89464; -110.617046	crossing (road): Interstate 70 in Utah near west terminus
UT	subregion: Escalante-Sevier		triple point: Great Salt Lake subregion & Colorado River
UT:	Paunsaugunt Plateau
UT: Washington	Bull Valley Mountains		triple point: Upper/Lower Virgin & Escalante watersheds
UT/NV	Escalante Watershed		state line: meridian between 115th & 114th
NV: Lincoln	Escalante Watershed		triple point: Lower Virgin & Meadow watersheds
UT/NV	subregion: Escalante-Sevier		triple point: Great Salt Lake, Lower Colorado-Lake Mead subregions
NV: Lincoln	subregion: Central Nevada Desert Basins		triple point: Meadow, Hamlin-Snake, & Spring-Steptoe watersheds
NV: Lincoln	Delamar Mountains	37°16′38″N 114°53′58″W / 37.277195°N 114.899569°W / 37.277195; -114.899569	triple point: Dry Lake, Meadow, & Muddy watersheds (Double BM)
NV: Lincoln	Dry Lake Watershed		triple point: White & Muddy watersheds
NV	White Pine Range		crossing (road): US 50 near Little Antelope Summit
NV	Grant Range		range's southernmost point on the Divide
NV: Lincoln	Sand Spring-Tikaboo Watershed		adjacent to White Watershed
NV: Clark	subregion: Mono-Northern Mojave		crossing (physiographic): Sonoran & Great Basin sections in Mojave Desert
CA: San Bernardino	subregion: Mono-Northern Mojave		crossing (road): Interstate 40 in California in Mojave Desert
CA: Riverside	subregion: Southern Mojave-Salton		crossing (road): Interstate 10 in California in Colorado Desert
CA: Imperial	Salton Sea Watershed		crossing (waterway): All-American Canal in Colorado Desert
CA/Baja CA west	Laguna Salada watershed		crossing (international) in Sonora-Yuha Desert
OR: Klamath	Summer Lake Watershed		triple point: Klamath & Columbia subregions [1]
OR: Klamath	subregion: OR closed basin		county's westernmost divide point [2]
OR/CA: Lake/Modoc	Goose Lake Watershed	41°59′38″N 120°42′8″W / 41.99389°N 120.70222°W / 41.99389; -120.70222	state line: 42nd parallel north [3]
CA	Goose Lake Watershed		triple point: Klamath & Sacramento subregions
CA	Goose Lake Watershed		overflow point ("rare"): Goose Lake to North Fork Pit River^[5]
CA	Buck Mountain	41°42′58″N 120°16′42″W / 41.716076°N 120.278406°W / 41.716076; -120.278406	triple point: Upper Pit w/ Goose Lake & Surprise Valley watersheds
CA	Warner Mountains		triple point: Upper Pit w/ Surprise Valley, and Madeline Plains watersheds
CA:	Honey-Pyramid Watershed	7,112 ft (2,168 m)40°24′24″N 120°57′9″W / 40.40667°N 120.95250°W / 40.40667; -120.95250	Pegleg Mountain (northernmost Sierra Crest point)
CA:	Diamond Mountains	7,749 ft (2,362 m)40°14′33″N 120°31′03″W / 40.242585°N 120.517402°W / 40.242585; -120.517402	Thompson Peak (highest Diamond Mts peak)
CA: Plumas	Diamond Mountains	5,221 ft (1,591 m)39°47′30″N 120°6′28″W / 39.79167°N 120.10778°W / 39.79167; -120.10778	Beckwourth Pass (lowest Sierra Crest point)
CA	north/central Lahontan subregions	39°35′30″N 120°05′46″W / 39.591634°N 120.096059°W / 39.591634; -120.096059	triple point: closest Sierra Crest point to NV
CA:	central Lahontan subregion	9,819 ft (2,993 m)38°39′50″N 119°59′8″W / 38.66389°N 119.98556°W / 38.66389; -119.98556	Sacramento & San Joaquin subregions
CA	Truckee Watershed	39°26′14″N 120°27′54″W / 39.437154°N 120.465002°W / 39.437154; -120.465002	watershed's westernmost point
CA: Placer	Donner mountains	7,240 ft (2,210 m)^[specify]	crossing (road): Interstate 80 in California (Euer Saddle)
CA: El Dorado	Echo Summit	7,382 ft (2.250 km)38°48′47″N 120°1′49″W / 38.81306°N 120.03028°W / 38.81306; -120.03028
CA: Mono	Wheeler Crest		Wheeler Peak
CA	subregion: central Lahontan	12,260 ft (3,740 m)38°1′49″N 119°18′27″W / 38.03028°N 119.30750°W / 38.03028; -119.30750	triple point: San Joaquin R & Mono-Northern Mojave subregion
CA: Madera/Tuolumne	Cathedral Range	13,120 ft (4,000 m)37°44′22″N 119°16′18″W / 37.73944°N 119.27167°W / 37.73944; -119.27167	Mount Lyell
CA	Crowley Lake Watershed	13,236 ft (4,034 m)37°8′28″N 118°39′16″W / 37.14111°N 118.65444°W / 37.14111; -118.65444	triple point: Evolution Cr (S Joaquin) & M Fork Kings R ↔ Bishop Cr [4]
CA: Fresno	subregion: Tulare-Buena Vista	^[specify]	Kings Canyon National Park (central Sierras' southernmost divide point)[5]
CA	Tulare Basin		triple point: central CA coastal & San Joaquin River watersheds
CA	subregion: Tulare-Buena Vista		triple point: southern & central California coastal watersheds
CA: Fresno	Diablo Range
CA: Fresno	Los Gatos-Avenal Watershed		extreme point: westernmost watershed of Great Basin
CA: Kern	subregion: Tulare-Buena Vista		Mojave River watersheds
CA: Kern;	Tehachapi Pass	3,793 ft (1,156 m)35°6′8″N 118°16′58″W / 35.10222°N 118.28278°W / 35.10222; -118.28278	crossing (trail): Pacific Crest Trail
CA: Los Angeles	subregion: Mono-Northern Mojave		crossing (waterway): Los Angeles Aqueduct in Mojave Desert
CA: San Bernardino	subregion: Mono-Northern Mojave		crossing (road): Interstate 15 in California in Mojave Desert
CA: San Bernardino			triple point: So CA coastal & San Jacinto watersheds
CA: Riverside	subregion: Southern Mojave-Salton		crossing (road): Interstate 10 in California in Colorado Desert
CA: Riverside	subregion: Southern Mojave-Salton		crossing (waterway): Colorado River Aqueduct in Colorado Desert
CA: Riverside	subregion: Southern Mojave-Salton		crossing (trail): Pacific Crest Trail in Mount San Jacinto State Park [6]
CA: Riverside	San Jacinto Watershed	1,256 ft (383 m)33°39′37″N 117°21′12″W / 33.66028°N 117.35333°W / 33.66028; -117.35333^[4]	overflow point ("rare"): natural divide [7] at Wasson sill [8]
CA	Peninsular/Transverse ranges		crossing (physiographic): Lower California & LA Ranges
CA/Baja CA	Salton Sea Watershed		crossing (international)
Baja CA	Laguna Salada watershed		triple point: Pacific coast and Colorado River subregions

References

^ ^a ^b "USA Lower 48 Triple Divide Points". PeakBagger.com. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
^ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
^ "USGS Elevation Web Service Query". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 3908 ft (Columbia River Great Basin Divide)
^ ^a ^b
"Query Form For The United States And Its Territories". U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- "Columbia River Great Basin Divide (379593),". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-05-23. "Lake Elsinore". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
Donner Pass (259475, Placer Co), Donner Summit (276078, Nevada Co), Donner Summit Bridge (259478), Donner Summit Recreation Site (1662521), Donner Summit Ski Area (1662460), Euer Saddle (252113)
^ "Welcome". Pit River Watershed Alliance. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

[PB-1] "USA Lower 48 Triple Divide Points". PeakBagger.com. Retrieved 2011-11-13.

[USGS-2] "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". USGS.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-07.

[Elevation_Query-3] "USGS Elevation Web Service Query". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 3908 ft (Columbia River Great Basin Divide)

[gnis-4] "Query Form For The United States And Its Territories". U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved 2010-05-13.

"Columbia River Great Basin Divide (379593),". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-05-23. "Lake Elsinore". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
Donner Pass (259475, Placer Co), Donner Summit (276078, Nevada Co), Donner Summit Bridge (259478), Donner Summit Recreation Site (1662521), Donner Summit Ski Area (1662460), Euer Saddle (252113)

[5] "Columbia River Great Basin Divide (379593),". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-05-23. "Lake Elsinore". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[5] "Welcome". Pit River Watershed Alliance. 10 October 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

east

west

References