Great Basin

large depression in western United States
Place depression Q966943
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Summary

Great Basin is a depression[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of depression entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,840 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3], Idaho[4], Nevada[5], Oregon[6], Utah[7], Wyoming[8]
  • Country: United States[9]
  • Instance of: drainage basin[10]
  • Commons category: Great Basin (United States)[11]
  • Highest point: Mount Whitney[12]
  • Coordinate location: 36.5786, -118.292[13], 40.66667, -117.66667[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Great Basin[15]
  • Commons gallery: Great Basin (United States)[16]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The Encyclopedia Americana[18], New International Encyclopedia[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[21]

Why It Matters

Great Basin has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 6227170185
    Harper's tag → great-basin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: great-basin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934334|great basin (#289934334)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 19w ago · Vojtěch Dostál · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 36.5786, 'longitude': -118.292}, {'latitude': 40.66667, 'longitude': -117.66667}
    Country → United States
    Coordinates → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, New International Encyclopedia +2
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nl cr aut id: ge629226, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/148273427|Velká pánev (#148273427)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5735|NKCR geographical au"
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