Everything about The Great Divide Basin totally explained
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. The water divide
bifurcates to the eastern and western perimeters of the Great Divide Basin. The Basin is formed by a geologic
anticline.
Though not without some
grasses, the occasional
shrub, and even small
trees in some
ravines, the land is dominated by numerous
sand dunes, bluffs and
alkali flats due to a combination of low
precipitation and a high
evaporation rate. The average
altitude is over 6,000
feet (1,800 m). The basin is a part of the larger
Red Desert region which is under the supervision of the
United States'
Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the
U.S. Department of the Interior which manages rangeland and other multiple-use lands that have not been designated as
national parks or a
national monuments.
Many birds are found in the basin, such as the
sage grouse and
pheasant.
Mammals include
pronghorn antelope,
mule deer, wild or feral
horses, and the occasional
elk. No major
towns or
cities are located in the basin, which has a
human population of less than 500.
Wamsutter is the only incorporated settlement.
The basin is considered one of the more promising locations for the
mining of
uranium and many
oil and
natural gas wells are found in the basin with more expected to be drilled. There is an ongoing debate between those that wish to utilize the resources within the basin and those that wish to see the basin become either a National Monument or a designated
U.S. Wilderness Area.
Interstate 80 bisects the basin east to west and
U.S. Highway 287 heading north from
Rawlins, Wyoming traverses the eastern regions of the area.
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