Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin

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The Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin is an endorheic watershed in northern Utah that collects freshwater inflows from surrounding rivers and lakes before terminating in the hypersaline Great Salt Lake.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
endorheic basin
watershed
containsLake Freshwater tributary lakes
Great Salt Lake
Utah Lake
containsRiver Bear River
Jordan River
Weber River
country United States
drainageDirection toward Great Salt Lake
drainagePattern inland drainage
drainsInto Great Salt Lake
hasCharacteristic collects freshwater inflows
terminates in hypersaline lake
hasClimateInfluenceOn Great Salt Lake microclimate
hasEcologicalRole supports Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems
hasEnvironmentalConcern declining Great Salt Lake water levels
salinity changes in Great Salt Lake
wetland habitat loss around Great Salt Lake
hasHydrologicalImportance regulates inflows to Great Salt Lake
hasNoSurfaceOutflowTo ocean
hasOutflow Great Salt Lake
hasWaterUse agricultural irrigation in northern Utah
municipal supply in northern Utah
hydrologicalType closed basin
endorheic watershed
isSubbasinOf Great Basin
locatedIn United States
northern Utah
linked to: Northern Utah
majorTerminalLake Great Salt Lake
partOf Great Basin hydrologic region
linked to: Great Basin
primaryTerminalWaterBody Great Salt Lake
receivesInflowFrom Bear River
Jordan River
Utah Lake
Weber River
surrounding lakes
surrounding rivers
receivesWaterFrom Wasatch Range
adjacent mountain watersheds
region Intermountain West
terminalLakeSalinity hypersaline
terminatesIn Great Salt Lake
waterBalanceProcess evaporation-dominated
limited surface outflow

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Utah Lake drainageBasin Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin
Big Cottonwood Creek partOf Jordan River–Great Salt Lake drainage
linked to: Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin
Farmington Bay drainedBy Weber River (indirectly via Great Salt Lake system)
linked to: Jordan River–Great Salt Lake basin