The Basin and Range Province is a vast physiographic region covering much of the inland Western United States and northwestern Mexico. Geography · Geology · Tectonics · Volcanism

The basins (valleys) and ranges (mountains) are being created by ongoing tension in the region, pulling in an east-west direction.

22 янв. 2020 г. · In geology, a basin is defined as a bounded area where the rock within the boundaries dips inward toward the center. By contrast, a range is ...

15 апр. 2020 г. · Along the trending faults, mountains were pushed up, and valleys carved below creating a distinctive alternating pattern of ranges and valleys.

Basin and range topography is characterized by alternating parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is a result of crustal extension due to mantle upwelling ...

The Basin & Range Province is a dramatic landscape covering much of the southwestern US. Geologists combine fieldwork and computer modeling to understand ...

Basin and Range topography is characterized by alternating valleys and mountainous areas, oriented in a north-south, linear direction.

It is characterized by numerous parallel, linear mountain ranges that are separated from one another by wide valleys or topographic basins. All the major ...

The Basin and Range is characterized by northerly to northwesterly-trending narrow, rugged mountain ranges separated by broad basins.

It is the most geographically extensive, "young" geologic region in North America and is easily defined in map view by the numerous mountain ranges and basins, ...