List of rivers of the Great Basin

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Map of the Great Basin

The list of rivers of the Great Basin identifies waterways named as rivers, regardless of the amount of their flow.

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Significant rivers

Humboldt River in Carlin Canyon, Nevada CarlinCanyonNV.jpg
Humboldt River in Carlin Canyon, Nevada
Sevier River Sevier River.jpg
Sevier River
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Bear River in Bear River Canyon

The Great Basin is a series of contiguous watersheds, bounded on the west by watersheds of the Sacramento-San Joaquin and Klamath rivers, on the north by the watershed of the Columbia-Snake, and on the south and east by the watershed of the Colorado-Green rivers. The following are some of the most significant rivers in the Great Basin, most of which are in the states of Utah and Nevada. While the longest rivers in the Great Basin are the Bear River (350 miles), Sevier River (385 miles), and Humboldt Rivers (290 miles). The meandering nature of the Humboldt River may make it as long as 390 miles.

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