The Great Basin is North America's largest and the world's ninth largest endorheic basin, covering nearly all of Nevada, much of Oregon and Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, and Wyoming. Notable enclosed basins include Death Valley, the hottest location on Earth; the Black Rock Desert and Bonneville Salt Flats, location of many of the new vehicle land speed records set since the 1930s; the Great Salt Lake, remnant of Lake Bonneville; and the Salton Sea. The Valley of Mexico. In Pre-Columbian times, the Valley was substantially covered with five lakes, including Lake Texcoco, Lake Xochimilco, and Lake Chalco. Guzmán Basin, in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The Mimbres River of New Mexico drains into this basin. Lago de Atitlán, in the highlands of Guatemala. Lago de Coatepeque, El Salvador. Bolsón de Mapimí, in northern Mexico. Willcox Playa of southern Arizona. Tulare Lake in the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley  fed by the Kaweah and Tule Rivers plus southern distributaries of the Kings. Historically, in very wet years it would drain into the San Joaquin River. Agricultural development and irrigation diversions have left the lake dry. Buena Vista Lake at the southmost end of the San Joaquin Valley  fed by the Kern River. Historically, in exceptionally wet years it would drain into Tulare Lake and then into the San Joaquin River. Agricultural development and irrigation diversions have left the lake dry. Crater Lake, in Oregon, a cryptorheic lake with subsurface drainage to the Wood River. It is filled directly by rain and snow, and has very little mineral or salt buildup. The Great Divide Basin in Wyoming, a small endorheic basin that straddles the Continental Divide of the Americas. Devils Lake, in North Dakota. Devil's Lake, in Wisconsin, cryptorheic. Tule Lake and the Lost River basin in California and Oregon. Little Manitou Lake in Saskatchewan. Old Wives Lake, on the Laurentian Divide in Saskatchewan. Quill Lakes, in Saskatchewan. Pakowki Lake, on the Laurentian Divide in Alberta. Paynes Prairie, in Florida. Since 1927, it has been drained by canal to the Atlantic Ocean via the River Styx. Spotted Lake, Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada. Frame Lake in Yellowknife, capital of Canada's Northwest Territories. New Mexico has a number of desert endorheic basins including: The Tularosa Basin, a rift valley. Zuni Salt Lake, a maar. The Mimbres River Basin, in Grant County. Lago Enriquillo on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.
The Great Basin is North America's largest and the world's ninth largest endorheic basin, covering nearly all of Nevada, much of Oregon and Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, and Wyoming. Notable enclosed basins include Death Valley, the hottest location on Earth; the Black Rock Desert and Bonneville Salt Flats, location of many of the new vehicle land speed records set since the 1930s; the Great Salt Lake, remnant of Lake Bonneville; and the Salton Sea. The Valley of Mexico. In Pre-Columbian times, the Valley was substantially covered with five lakes, including Lake Texcoco, Lake Xochimilco, and Lake Chalco. Guzmán Basin, in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The Mimbres River of New Mexico drains into this basin. Lago de Atitlán, in the highlands of Guatemala. Lago de Coatepeque, El Salvador. Bolsón de Mapimí, in northern Mexico. Willcox Playa of southern Arizona. Tulare Lake in the San Joaquin Valley in Central California, fed by the Kaweah and Tule Rivers plus southern distributaries of the Kings. Historically, in very wet years it would drain into the San Joaquin River. Agricultural development and irrigation diversions have left the lake dry. Buena Vista Lake at the southmost end of the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California, fed by the Kern River. Historically, in exceptionally wet years it would drain into Tulare Lake and then into the San Joaquin River. Agricultural development and irrigation diversions have left the lake dry. Crater Lake, in Oregon, a cryptorheic lake with subsurface drainage to the Wood River. It is filled directly by rain and snow, and has very little mineral or salt buildup. The Great Divide Basin in Wyoming, a small endorheic basin that straddles the Continental Divide of the Americas. Devils Lake, in North Dakota. Devil's Lake, in Wisconsin, cryptorheic. Tule Lake and the Lost River basin in California and Oregon. Little Manitou Lake in Saskatchewan. Old Wives Lake, on the Laurentian Divide in Saskatchewan. Quill Lakes, in Saskatchewan. Pakowki Lake, on the Laurentian Divide in Alberta. Paynes Prairie, in Florida. Since 1927, it has been drained by canal to the Atlantic Ocean via the River Styx. Spotted Lake, Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada. Frame Lake in Yellowknife, capital of Canada's Northwest Territories. New Mexico has a number of desert endorheic basins including: The Tularosa Basin, a rift valley. Zuni Salt Lake, a maar. The Mimbres River Basin, in Grant County. Lago Enriquillo on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.
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southern end of the
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in Central California,
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in Southern California,