CGbsnrngsIV. BASIN RANGES-MOJAVE DESERT1. Extends through East California, across Nevada and into Utah2. N-NW trending Mountain ranges (a few trend NE)Horst and Graben3. Interior Drainage systems end in valleys and saline lakes and playas4. Northern CaliforniaValley part of Great Basin (bounded by Warner and Surprise Ranges)5. Further South-Faults bound Eastern Sierra Nevada (Honey Lake and Sierra Nevada Fault)6. Mojave Desert bounded by Garlock and San AndreasSouthern end transverse ranges and East-West Fault Systems7. Owen Valleya. 2-8 miles wideb. 100 miles longc. Nearby Sierras 13-14,000 ftEast boundary--White and Inyo mountainsd. Further WestSaline and Panamint valleysPanamint mountainsDeath ValleyBlack, Amargosa and Funeral mts.8. Death Valley-downdropped fault basin, also rotated 130 miles North and South6-14 miles wideExtensive Evaporite deposits (Lake Manley) to the west are Panamint mountains9. Mojave Deserta. Isolated mts.--Western triangle slopes eastward from Mojave (2750 ft.) to Barstow (2,105 ft.)b. Linear Ridges--East of Barstow (mountains are higher than Western part. Calico Mts.-4,520 ftOrd Mts-6,250 ft10. Rainfalla. Low- sparse vegetationb. 1.4 in/yr in Death Valley -Whole desert averages approximately 5 in/yrc. Interior DrainageCGbsnrngs11. Riversa. Amargosa-makes a U-turn and flows into Death Valley at Southern endb. Mojave River- drains from San Bernardino mts.- through Barstowc. Owens River--drains from Sierras to Saline Owen Laked. Colorado River--SE boundary of Mojave Desert (waters derived from Rockies)Additional