In contrast, the Great Basin Desert is a smaller area defined by plant and animal communities, and which boundaries do approximate the hydrographic Great Basin area.

However, the Great Basin Desert excludes the southern panhandle of the Great Basin hydrographic area, the area of the endoheic region which extends southward into the Mojave Desert through the bottom of California and into Baja California.

. The great basin borders: Northern Basin and Range ecoregion (2G); Sierra Nevada ecoregion (1N); Wasatch and Uinta Mountains ecoregion (3G); Colorado Plateau ecoregion (2I); and Mojave Basin ecoregion (2K)

190,000 square miles,

The total Great Basin is more than 209,000 square miles.

Bear River, Humbolt river, Mojave river, Owens river, Sevier river

Amargosa river, American Fork, Chewaucan River

Endorheic desert and xeric shrublands

Finally, I have come to the end of this Journey in Nevada, which was, in my opinion a long boring drive with only mountains in the distance, some having a little snow left on the tops.

As soon as I cross into Utah the color of the Desert changes from gray-brown to gray-white, indicating that I have arrived in the Salt Lake Desert.

After crossing Utah I will have only one hundred and two miles into Wyoming, where I take exit 102 and drive to my nest rest stop in Rock Springs.

After a short stay in Rock Springs, Wyoming, I begin my drive into the Great Basin.

Awake, rise, dress, drive to the w-mart for coffee, com and to begin my journal entry. Then at eight this morning, I pack out, drive east on Dewar Street to a hair salon to get a hair cut. Afterwards, I drive back past the w-mart, then onto the IH 80 west to exit 99, the Purple Sage exit and continue south on US 191 crossing a large dry area until arriving at the Green river and the Flaming Gorge dam and reservoir where I stop at several locations here for photos.

Next on the stops is Red Canyon in the Flaming Gorge Recreation Area, a place I have been at least twice before but to my recollection, the entire area was overcast and foggy. Today, however, the sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly. I drive out to the Edge of the Rim, park, and walk out to the viewpoint to find the views here superb. The elevation here is 7400 feet, the depth from the rim to the water is 1700 feet, and the width across the canyon is 4000 feet.

US 191 next takes me south through the Ashley National Forest, named after General William Ashley, fur trader and explorer who descended to the Green River through Red Canyon on 03 May 1825 seeking a water route to the Gulf of Mexico.

This forest is replete with Aspens in fall color.