The Central Basin and Range ecoregion is internally drained and is characterized by a mosaic of xeric basins with scattered low and high mountains mixed with salt flats. The Central Basin and Range is not as hot as the Mojave and Sonoran Ranges further south and has a greater percent of land that is used for grazing livestock.

This ecoregion is a hot dry climate which has substantial shrub land basins alternating with mountain ranges. Cool season grasses are not common, however, the basins are covered by Great Basin sagebrush, saltbush and greasewood vegetation that grow in saline or alkaline soils with very little organic matter.

Walker Lane Geologic Trough

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