The Great Basin: Why America's Largest Desert Defies Geography

✈️ 24 Hours In The World's Best Airport!    • 24 Hours Inside Singapore’s Crazy Airport   -- 📖 Subscribe to my Substack! 👉 https://geographicgeoff.substack.com 👈 -- 🌳 Find me: https://linktr.ee/geoffgibson 🗺️ Map store: https://geoffxmuirway.com/ -- The Great Basin's unique geography creates an endorheic basin, trapping water and leading to a challenging environment. Because of this, it's one of the oddest geographic regions in the entire country! But it's not only odd, it's also incredibly dangerous. The extreme heat and lack of water created a terrifying region that many people succumbed to as they traveled through or into the Great Basin. Using maps and animations, this video explains this region's unique phenomenon. Learn what makes this region so extreme and see why hydrology is critical to understanding the United States and its Nevada landscape. -- Stock footage and music acquired from www.envato.com, www.storyblocks.com and videvo.net. If you think there's been an error in using a video clip, please contact me. This has been a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)