Utah West Desert

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Utah West Desert is a remote, arid region in western Utah characterized by vast salt flats, desert basins, and isolated mountain ranges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf desert region
geographic region
adjacentTo Great Salt Lake
Nevada
averageAnnualPrecipitation low
climate cold desert climate
contains Bonneville Salt Flats
Cedar Mountains
Confusion Range
Deep Creek Mountains
linked to: Deep Creek Range

Dugway Proving Ground vicinity
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Fish Springs Range
Great Salt Lake Desert
House Range
Sevier Desert (western portion)
Simpson Mountains
Skull Valley (Utah)
linked to: Skull Valley, Utah

Snake Valley (Utah portion)
linked to: Snake Valley

U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground
country United States of America
geology Quaternary lake sediments
basin and range fault-block mountains
hasCharacteristic arid climate
high desert
remote
sparsely populated
hasLandform alluvial fans
desert basins
isolated mountain ranges
playas
salt flats
historicallyPartOf Lake Bonneville basin
linked to: Lake Bonneville
knownFor isolation
long-distance views
vast salt flats
locatedIn Utah
western Utah
partOf Basin and Range Province
Great Basin
typicalLandUse livestock grazing
military testing
recreation
wildlife habitat
typicalVegetation desert grasses
greasewood
sagebrush steppe
saltbush

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Institute for Cosmic Ray Research hasLaboratory Telescope Array site in Utah, United States
linked to: Utah West Desert