the great basin
41Great Artesian Basin — The Great Artesian Basin provides the only reliable source of water through much of inland Australia. The basin is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, covering a total of 1,711,000 square km. It underlies 23% of the continent,… …
42Great Divide Basin — The Great Divide Basin is a 3,860 square mile (10,000 km²) endorheic drainage basin in south central Wyoming, located between the Atlantic and Pacific drainage basins. North and south of it, the water divide is defined by the Continental Divide.… …
43Great Escarpment — Great Escarpment, South Africa. The Great Escarpment is a mountainous escarpment in southern Africa. While it lies predominantly within the borders of Lesotho and South Africa, it also extends into Angola, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, and …
44Great Lakes Basin — The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada, whose… …
45Great Lakes Storm of 1913 — The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the Big Blow , the Freshwater Fury or the White Hurricane , was a blizzard with hurricane force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and the… …
46Great Lakes Areas of Concern — are designated geographic areas within the Great Lakes Basin that show severe environmental degradation. There are a total of forty three areas of concern within the Great Lakes, the majority of twenty six being in the U.S., seventeen in Canada… …
47Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal — The Great Recycling and Northern Development (GRAND) Canal of North America or GCNA is a water management proposal designed by Newfoundland engineer Thomas Kierans to alleviate North American freshwater shortage problems (see Water politics). The …
48The Fens — The Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a geographic area in eastern England, in the United Kingdom. The Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into two Government regions (East Anglia and the East Midlands), four modern… …
49Great Belt — The Great Belt ( da. Storebælt) is a strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand ( Sjælland ) and Fyn. Since 1997 the islands have been connected by the Great Belt Bridge.GeographyThe Great Belt is the major of the three straits of Denmark… …
50Great Float — The Great Float, is a large dock at Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England. It consists of 110 acres (450,000 m²) of water and more than four miles (6 km) of quays, divided between the East Float and the West Float.… …
