List of Great Basin watersheds



The Great Basin is the largest region of contiguous endorheic drainage basins in North America, and is encompassed by the Great Basin Divide. This is a list of the drainage basins in the Great Basin that are over 500 sqmi, listed by the state containing most of the basin.

Utah

 * Great Salt Lake (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming) 19162 sqmi
 * Bear River (Idaho, Utah, Wyoming) 7561 sqmi
 * Malad River (Idaho, Utah) 768 sqmi
 * Little Bear River (Idaho, Utah) 884 sqmi
 * Bear Lake (Idaho, Utah) 605 sqmi
 * Weber River (Utah, Wyoming) 2093 sqmi
 * Jordan River (Utah) 3551 sqmi
 * Utah Lake (Utah) 2536 sqmi
 * Provo River (Utah) 686 sqmi
 * Spanish Fork (Utah) 825 sqmi
 * Skull Valley (Utah) 814 sqmi
 * Deep Creek (Curlew Valley) (Idaho, Utah) 1033 sqmi
 * Pine Valley (Utah) 733 sqmi
 * Tule Valley (Utah) 951 sqmi
 * Rush Valley (Utah) 722 sqmi
 * Bonneville Salt Flats (Nevada, Utah) 8602 sqmi
 * Fish Springs Wash (Utah) 933 sqmi
 * Snake Valley (Nevada, Utah) 3119 sqmi
 * Hamlin Valley (Nevada, Utah) 884 sqmi
 * Deep Creek (Deep Creek Valley) (Nevada, Utah) 501 sqmi
 * Newfoundland Evaporation Basin (Nevada, Utah) 4516 sqmi
 * Grouse Creek (Nevada, Utah) 2755 sqmi
 * Thousand Springs Creek (Nevada, Utah) 1534 sqmi
 * Sevier Lake (Utah) 9387 sqmi
 * Sevier River (Utah) 8591 sqmi
 * Beaver River (Utah) 1996 sqmi
 * San Pitch River (Utah) 861 sqmi
 * East Fork Sevier River (Utah) 1242 sqmi
 * Pavant Valley (Utah) 1108 sqmi Most of Pavant Valley drains to the Sevier River artificially via the Central Utah Canal.
 * Sevier Desert (Utah) 1029 sqmi
 * Mud Spring Wash (Utah) 1053 sqmi
 * Little Salt Lake (Utah) 503 sqmi
 * Escalante Desert (Nevada, Utah) 1442 sqmi
 * Wah Wah Valley (Utah) 600 sqmi

Nevada

 * Carson Sink (California, Nevada) 19839 sqmi
 * Humboldt River (Nevada) 16753 sqmi
 * Little Humboldt River 1780 sqmi
 * Reese River (Nevada) 2377 sqmi
 * Cain Creek (Nevada) 519 sqmi
 * Rock Creek (Nevada) 746 sqmi
 * Coyote Creek (Crescent Valley) (Nevada) 1171 sqmi
 * Cooks Creek (Nevada) 637 sqmi
 * Pine Creek (Nevada) 1005 sqmi
 * South Fork Humboldt River (Nevada) 1306 sqmi
 * Huntington Creek (Nevada) 795 sqmi
 * North Fork Humboldt River (Nevada) 998 sqmi
 * Marys River (Nevada) 514 sqmi
 * Carson River (California, Nevada) 2585 sqmi
 * East Fork Carson River (California, Nevada) 572 sqmi
 * Stillwater Marsh (Nevada) 854 sqmi
 * Black Rock Desert (Nevada, Oregon) 8509 sqmi
 * Quinn River (Nevada, Oregon) 7590 sqmi
 * Bottle Creek Slough (Desert Valley) (Nevada) 540 sqmi
 * High Rock Lake (Nevada) 665 sqmi
 * Smoke Creek Desert (California, Nevada) 1261 sqmi
 * Duck Lake (California, Nevada) 573 sqmi
 * Thousand Creek (Nevada, Oregon) 1037 sqmi
 * Pyramid Lake (California, Nevada) 3112 sqmi
 * Truckee River (California, Nevada) 2332 sqmi
 * Lake Tahoe (California, Nevada) 507 sqmi
 * Blue Wing Flat (Granite Springs Valley) (Nevada) 975 sqmi
 * Walker Lake (California, Nevada) 3561 sqmi
 * Walker River (California, Nevada) 2753 sqmi
 * East Walker River (California, Nevada) 1201 sqmi
 * West Walker River (California, Nevada) 859 sqmi
 * Buffalo Valley (Nevada) 500 sqmi
 * Buena Vista Valley (Nevada) 736 sqmi
 * Humboldt Salt Marsh (Nevada) 2083 sqmi
 * Spring Creek (Nevada) 801 sqmi
 * Gabbs Valley (Nevada) 1273 sqmi
 * Big Smoky Valley (Nevada) 2049 sqmi
 * Peavine Creek (Nevada) 1727 sqmi
 * Ione Valley (Nevada) 673 sqmi
 * Grass Valley (Nevada) 592 sqmi
 * Rock Creek (Nevada) 590 sqmi
 * Wadsworth Creek (Monitor Valley) (Nevada) 525 sqmi
 * Diamond Valley (Nevada) 2598 sqmi
 * Slough Creek (Nevada) 2272 sqmi
 * Antelope Wash (Nevada) 560 sqmi
 * Coils Creek (Nevada) 987 sqmi
 * Stoneberger Creek (Nevada) 749 sqmi
 * Newark Lake (Nevada) 1444 sqmi
 * Fish Creek (Nevada) 623 sqmi
 * Long Valley (Nevada) 647 sqmi
 * Franklin Lake (Nevada) 648 sqmi
 * Cole Creek (Independence Valley) (Nevada) 1025 sqmi
 * Yelland Dry Lake (Nevada) 1191 sqmi
 * Spring Valley Creek (Nevada) 694 sqmi
 * Goshute Lake (Nevada) 1809 sqmi
 * Duck Creek (Nevada) 1510 sqmi
 * Goshute Valley (Nevada) 1504 sqmi
 * Lake Valley (Nevada) 554 sqmi
 * Dry Lake Valley (Nevada) 897 sqmi
 * Fish Lake Valley (California, Nevada) 983 sqmi
 * Mud Lake (Nevada) 1963 sqmi
 * Stone Cabin Creek (Nevada) 998 sqmi
 * Ralston Valley (Nevada) 747 sqmi
 * Clayton Valley (Nevada) 555 sqmi
 * Butterfield Marsh (Nevada) 3780 sqmi
 * Railroad Valley (Nevada) 1959 sqmi
 * Hot Creek (Nevada) 1061 sqmi
 * Duckwater Creek (Nevada) 904 sqmi
 * Sand Springs Wash (Nevada) 507 sqmi
 * Gold Flat (Nevada) 685 sqmi
 * Sarcobatus Flat (Nevada) 1237 sqmi
 * China Wash (Lida Valley) (Nevada) 538 sqmi
 * Coal Valley (Nevada) 952 sqmi
 * Sand Spring Valley (Nevada) 699 sqmi
 * Groom Lake (Nevada) 669 sqmi
 * Desert Valley (Nevada) 990 sqmi
 * Tikaboo Valley (Nevada) 615 sqmi
 * Indian Springs Valley (Nevada) 661 sqmi
 * Mesquite Valley (California, Nevada) 504 sqmi
 * Eldorado Valley (Nevada) 534 sqmi

Oregon

 * Malheur Lake (Oregon) 3062 sqmi
 * Malheur Slough (Oregon) 514 sqmi
 * Silvies River (Oregon) 1319 sqmi
 * Donner und Blitzen River (Oregon) 790 sqmi
 * Harney Lake (Oregon) 1810 sqmi
 * Silver Creek (Oregon) 1502 sqmi
 * Silver Lake (Oregon) 798 sqmi
 * Silver Creek (Oregon) 677 sqmi
 * Lake Abert (Oregon) 897 sqmi
 * Chewaucan River (Oregon) 628 sqmi
 * Bluejoint Lake (Warner Lakes) (California, Nevada, Oregon) 1896 sqmi
 * Crump Lake (California, Nevada, Oregon) 1084 sqmi
 * Guano Lake (Nevada, Oregon) 916 sqmi
 * Catlow Valley (Oregon) 1352 sqmi
 * Guano Slough (Oregon) 501 sqmi
 * Alvord Lake (Nevada, Oregon) 706 sqmi

California

 * Goose Lake (California, Oregon) 1088 sqmi
 * Madeline Plains (California, Nevada) 714 sqmi
 * Honey Lake (California, Nevada) 1905 sqmi
 * Susan River (California) 1073 sqmi
 * Mono Lake (California, Nevada) 785 sqmi
 * Owens Lake (California, Nevada) 3501 sqmi
 * Owens River (California, Nevada) 2903 sqmi
 * Spring Canyon Creek (California, Nevada) 743 sqmi
 * Eureka Valley (California, Nevada) 564 sqmi
 * Salt Lake (California) 742 sqmi
 * Amargosa River (California, Nevada) 8785 sqmi
 * Salt Creek (California, Nevada) 2307 sqmi
 * Death Valley Wash (California, Nevada) 1496 sqmi
 * Salt Creek (California) 1330 sqmi
 * Kingston Wash (California) 537 sqmi
 * Rock Valley (California, Nevada) 655 sqmi
 * Fortymile Canyon (California, Nevada) 1769 sqmi
 * Panamint Valley (northern) (California) 570 sqmi
 * Panamint Valley (southern) (California) 916 sqmi
 * China Lake (California) 1175 sqmi
 * Searles Lake (California) 710 sqmi
 * Koehn Lake (California) 896 sqmi
 * Rogers Dry Lake (California) 831 sqmi
 * Rosamond Lake (California) 1098 sqmi
 * Harper Lake (California) 765 sqmi
 * Silver Lake 2474 sqmi
 * Soda Lake 2309 sqmi
 * Mojave River (California) 1709 sqmi
 * Kelso Wash (California) 727 sqmi
 * Ivanpah Lake (California, Nevada) 820 sqmi
 * Dale Lake (California) 544 sqmi
 * Bristol Lake (California) 713 sqmi
 * Cadiz Lake (California) 1639 sqmi
 * Schuyler Wash (California) 1057 sqmi
 * Watson Wash (California) 533 sqmi
 * Danby Lake (California) 1110 sqmi
 * Homer Wash (California) 544 sqmi
 * Ford Dry Lake (California) 2066 sqmi
 * Palen Lake (California) 1377 sqmi
 * Pinto Wash (California) 709 sqmi
 * Salton Sea (California, Mexico) 6022 sqmi - basin is known as the Salton Sink
 * Whitewater River (California) 1501 sqmi
 * San Felipe Creek (California, Mexico) 1481 sqmi
 * Carrizo Creek (California, Mexico) 570 sqmi
 * New River (California, Mexico) 664 sqmi
 * Alamo River (California, Mexico) 647 sqmi
 * Lake Elsinore (California) 750 sqmi
 * San Jacinto River 765 sqmi

Mexico

 * Laguna Salada (Mexico) 1680 sqmi