The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory

by Donald K. Grayson

Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental and human history of this beautiful and little traveled region, home to Death Valley, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and the Bonneville Salt Flats...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520267478
• ISBN13: 9780520267473
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.0"