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The endorheic basin that feeds water into Üüreg Lake, Mongolia NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin, China. An endorheic basin (/ ˌ ɛ n d oʊ ˈ r iː. ɪ k / EN-doh-REE-ik; also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into ...
The following is a list of endorheic basins, watersheds which do not drain to the sea. Major endorheic basins of the world. Basins are shown in dark gray; major endorheic lakes are shown in black.
An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet. [1] Endorheic lakes are generally saline as a result of being unable to get rid of solutes left in the lake by evaporation . [ 2 ]
Grey areas are endorheic basins that do not drain to the ocean. The list of drainage basins by area identifies basins (also known as "catchments" or, in North American usage, "watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain to oceans , mediterranean seas , rivers, lakes and other water bodies.
Most lakes are not actually endorheic, but endorheic basins may not have standing water, or have water only seasonally. The most significant endorheic basins are these: Great Basin covering most of Nevada, the western part of Utah, and smaller amounts of other U.S. states; Great Divide Basin on the Continental Divide in Wyoming; Guzmán Basin
Endorheic basins of the United States — drainage basins in the U.S. with no river outlets to seas or oceans. Subcategories. ... Tulare Basin watershed (3 C, 20 P)
Endorheic basins of South America (1 C, 2 P) * Endorheic lakes (9 C, 5 P) M. McMurdo Dry Valleys (3 C, 75 P) Pages in category "Endorheic basins"
Endorheic basins of Asia — watershed drainage basins in Asia with no outlet to a sea or ocean. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.