List of rivers of the Great Basin explained
See main article: List of rivers in the United States. The list of rivers of the Great Basin identifies waterways named as rivers, regardless of the amount of their flow.
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Significant rivers
The Great Basin is a series of contiguous watersheds, bounded on the west by watersheds of the Sacramento-San Joaquin and Klamath rivers, on the north by the watershed of the Columbia-Snake, and on the south and east by the watershed of the Colorado-Green rivers. The following are some of the most significant rivers in the Great Basin, most of which are in the states of Utah and Nevada. While the longest rivers in the Great Basin are the Bear River (350 miles), Sevier River (385 miles), and Humbolt Rivers (290 miles). The meandering nature of the Humbolt River may make it as long as 390 miles.
- Amargosa River – Death Valley (Nevada, California),
- American Fork – Utah Lake (Utah)
- Bear River – Great Salt Lake (Utah, Wyoming, Idaho),
- Chewaucan River – Lake Abert (Oregon),
- Carson River – Carson Sink (Nevada),
- Donner und Blitzen River – Harney Basin (Oregon),
- Humboldt River – Humboldt Sink (Nevada),
- Jordan River – Great Salt Lake (Utah),
- Mojave River – Mojave Desert (California),
- Owens River – Owens Valley (California),
- Provo River – Utah Lake (Utah),
- Quinn River – Black Rock Desert (Nevada),
- Salton Sea
- Sevier River – Sevier Lake (Utah),
- Silvies River – Harney Basin (Oregon),
- Susan River – Honey Lake (California),
- Spanish Fork – Utah Lake (Utah),
- Soldier Creek
- Thistle Creek
- Truckee River – Pyramid Lake (California, Nevada),
- Walker River – Walker Lake (Nevada),
- Weber River – Great Salt Lake (Utah),
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