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title="Great Basin Divide">Great Basin Divide</a> or <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="line-height: 1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Great Divide Basin</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png/272px-NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png" decoding="async" width="272" height="272" class="mw-file-element" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">3,959 sq mi (10,250 km<sup>2</sup>) <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data label">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data label">Wyoming</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Red_Desert_(Wyoming)" title="Red Desert (Wyoming)">Red Desert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style 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-107.98389</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Great Divide Basin</b> or <b>Great Divide Closed Basin</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an area of land in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Desert_(Wyoming)" title="Red Desert (Wyoming)">Red Desert</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> where none of the water falling as <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">rain</a> to the ground drains into any ocean, directly or indirectly. It is thus an <a href="/wiki/Endorheic_basin" title="Endorheic basin">endorheic basin</a>, one of several in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> that adjoin the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas" title="Continental Divide of the Americas">Continental Divide</a>. To the south and west of the basin is the <a href="/wiki/Green_River_(Colorado_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green River (Colorado River)">Green River</a> watershed, draining to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Gulf of California</a>/<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>; to the north and east is the <a href="/wiki/North_Platte_River" title="North Platte River">North Platte</a> watershed, draining to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. The basin is very roughly rectangular in shape; the northwest corner is at <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Buttes" title="Oregon Buttes">Oregon Buttes</a> near <a href="/wiki/South_Pass_(Wyoming)" title="South Pass (Wyoming)">South Pass</a>, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Lander,_Wyoming" title="Lander, Wyoming">Lander</a>, and the southeast corner is in the <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Madre_Range_(Wyoming)" title="Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming)">Sierra Madre Range</a> near <a href="/wiki/Bridger_Pass" title="Bridger Pass">Bridger Pass</a>, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Rawlins,_Wyoming" title="Rawlins, Wyoming">Rawlins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wsgs_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsgs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Divide_Basin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the Great Divide Basin provides a relatively low and easy crossing of the Continental Divide, its aridity and endorheic nature were an obstacle to pioneers during the <a href="/wiki/Westward_expansion_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Westward expansion of the United States">westward expansion of the United States</a>; it was known as the <i>Saline Plain</i> around the 1870s.<sup id="cite_ref-1872map_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1872map-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, the <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Trail" title="Oregon Trail">Oregon Trail</a> detoured north over South Pass, and the <a href="/wiki/Overland_Trail" title="Overland Trail">Overland Trail</a> detoured south over Bridger Pass. In contrast, during the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, the <a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific</a> was laid directly across the southern part of the basin. (The original railroad map labelled one point along this route as <i>Bridgers Pass</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> giving rise to the still-common misconception that the railroad followed the Overland Trail.) Roughly the same route across the basin was later taken by the transcontinental highways traversing the region, namely the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Highway" title="Lincoln Highway">Lincoln Highway</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_30" title="U.S. Route 30">U.S. 30</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80" title="Interstate 80">Interstate 80</a>. The basin is also traversed in a north–south direction by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_287" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 287">U.S. 287</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Highway_789" title="Wyoming Highway 789">Wyoming 789</a>. Even today the basin is very sparsely populated, the only incorporated town being <a href="/wiki/Wamsutter,_Wyoming" title="Wamsutter, Wyoming">Wamsutter</a>, with a population of 203 at the 2020 census. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg/300px-Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg/450px-Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg/600px-Lightning_and_hail_storm_in_the_Great_Divide_Basin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4427" data-file-height="1858" /></a><figcaption>Thunderstorm over the Great Divide Basin</figcaption></figure> <p>A westward traveler on Interstate 80 crosses from the Gulf of Mexico drainage to the Great Divide Basin at about <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Divide_Basin&params=41.788_N_107.376_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°47′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">107°22′34″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.788°N 107.376°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.788; -107.376</span></span></span></a></span></span>, roughly 7 miles west of Rawlins. A highway sign marks this as a crossing of the Continental Divide, although that is a matter of interpretation. At about <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Divide_Basin&params=41.716_N_107.782_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°42′58″N</span> <span class="longitude">107°46′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.716°N 107.782°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.716; -107.782</span></span></span></a></span></span> is the exit for Continental Divide Road, the highest point on I-80 within the Great Divide Basin, at an elevation of 7,130 ft (2,170 m).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While this is no longer recognized as a crossing of the Divide, it was evidently considered to be just that during the days of the Lincoln Highway and U.S. 30, and a monument to <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bourne_Joy" title="Henry Bourne Joy">Henry B. Joy</a>, the first president of the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Highway_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Highway Association">Lincoln Highway Association</a>, was placed just south of this point along the old highway. (It was relocated to <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Summit">Sherman Summit</a> in 2001 to protect it from increasing vandalism.) Further west, I-80 crosses to the Colorado River drainage at about <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Divide_Basin&params=41.631_N_108.311_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°37′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">108°18′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.631°N 108.311°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.631; -108.311</span></span></span></a></span></span>. This is now recognized as the true location of the Continental Divide,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the corresponding highway sign is located about 2.6 miles away at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Divide_Basin&params=41.634_N_108.261_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°38′02″N</span> <span class="longitude">108°15′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.634°N 108.261°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.634; -108.261</span></span></span></a></span></span>. (The placement of the Divide on the west rim of the basin signifies that this otherwise endorheic region would drain to the east if it were to overflow.) Having finally left the Great Divide Basin behind, I-80 continues west and at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Divide_Basin&params=41.275_N_110.802_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°16′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">110°48′07″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.275°N 110.802°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.275; -110.802</span></span></span></a></span></span>, around 10 miles (16 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Evanston,_Wyoming" title="Evanston, Wyoming">Evanston</a>, enters the vastly larger <a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a>, staying within it until the crest of the <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (U.S.)">Sierra Nevada</a> at <a href="/wiki/Donner_Pass#Highways" title="Donner Pass">Donner Summit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Divide_Basin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg/220px-Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg/330px-Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg/440px-Greater_Green_River_Basin_Map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1285" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Greater Green River Basin, comprising Great Divide Basin, Green River Basin, Washakie Basin and Sand Wash Basin.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Great Divide Basin is part of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Green_River_Basin" title="Greater Green River Basin">Greater Green River Basin</a>, separated from the Green River Basin by the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Springs_Uplift" title="Rock Springs Uplift">Rock Springs Uplift</a> during Late <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> into the Early <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Roehler_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roehler-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WGS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WGS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Divide_Basin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While usually thought of as a single basin, the Great Divide Basin is actually several contiguous sub-basins, most notably those centered on Circle Bar Lake, Frewen Lake, Lost Creek Lake, Red Lake, and Separation Lake. The interior ridges separating these sub-basins have led to disagreement about the correct path of the Continental Divide across or around the basin. </p><p>The Lucite Hills form part of the western boundary of the basin, featuring Black Rock Butte and Emmons Cone. Alkali Flat and Greasewood Flat are directly to their northeast. Sand dunes lie in the central western part of the basin. In the southern part of the western basin, Red Desert Flat and Red Desert Basin are the major features. These are about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the town of Wamsutter. In the northeast part of the Great Divide Basin is Chain Lakes Flat, southwest and downslope from <a href="/wiki/Bairoil,_Wyoming" title="Bairoil, Wyoming">Bairoil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lamont,_Wyoming" title="Lamont, Wyoming">Lamont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-map_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-map-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The basin is a high desert dominated by <a href="/wiki/Sand_dunes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand dunes">sand dunes</a>, bluffs and <a href="/wiki/Salt_pan_(geology)" title="Salt pan (geology)">alkali flats</a>. Flora and fauna include small trees in some <a href="/wiki/Ravine" title="Ravine">ravines</a> and the occasional <a href="/wiki/Shrub" title="Shrub">shrub</a>, along with many birds and <a href="/wiki/Pronghorn" title="Pronghorn">pronghorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mule_deer" title="Mule deer">mule deer</a>, feral <a href="/wiki/Mustang" title="Mustang">horses</a>, and a desert <a href="/wiki/Elk" title="Elk">elk</a> herd. The basin includes <a href="/wiki/Uranium_ore_deposits" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranium ore deposits">uranium ore deposits</a> and many <a href="/wiki/Oil" title="Oil">oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> wells.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has been debate between those who wish to exploit the resources within the basin and those who wish to see at least parts of it officially designated as wilderness.<sup id="cite_ref-wilderness_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilderness-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Divide_Basin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British author <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a> described a romanticized version of the Great Divide Basin, which the novel called the <i>Great Alkali Plain</i>, in his <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> work <i><a href="/wiki/A_Study_in_Scarlet" title="A Study in Scarlet">A Study in Scarlet</a></i> (1887). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Divide_Basin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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