North America's DRIEST Region (the Great Basin)

[@donbolin3450]

Great video. It's nice that you are not an AI voice, and everything you say is obviously something you understand and probably wrote yourself.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I'm studying geology currently and yes I do script stuff out! Thank you very much for your comment; I appreciate you!

[@GraniteChief369]

Born n raised in Reno. Great video dude. Fallon Naval Air Station, Area51, the Nevada Triangle, the Lovelock Giants, and the densest population of ski lifts in the world are located in the GB.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

Interesting! thanks for sharing! I am a Reno person myself

[@aliciaelizabeth9729]

I am from El Paso, Texas and I too love hiking. I just randomly found your channel and it makes me so happy and is educating me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and interest!

[@Kendubious]

Look at a map and find a isolated range then follow the road. That is the best way to explore the Great Basin.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

As a man who loves staring at google earth for hours on end; I 100% agree (:

[@howdypardner4128]

Your research amd presentation are great. Thanks for the video. Keep it up!

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

thank you! i'll do my best to keep it comin!

[@kayperkayful]

Great presentation….Thank you.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

thank you!

[@David-e1b3t]

Sooooo interesting. This is fantastic info.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

Thank you! I got a lot more stuff coming like this; stay tuned (:

[@deebee2854]

@thenaturalexperience2140 Great video and info. I am very interested in what may be either a railroad map or Pony Express map shown between 8:48 and 9:45. If you can please share the location where that is from and if it can be obtained by us viewers how to do so if you are familiar with that. Thank you!

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

nationalponyexpress.org/nevada-stations/

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I replied with the link for the source! The sources for all my videos are in a google doc that I linked in the description; the pony express was sorta like the oregon trail; it wasn't necessarily a railway it was more of a well treaded path

[@deebee2854]

​@@thenaturalexperience2140 Awesome!. Thank you!

[@haa_vee]

Great video! Thanks for all the info!

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

thanks for your comment! I got more on the way!

[@jdcjr50]

Nice job. Thanks!

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I appreciate that! Stay tuned for more (:

[@prototropo]

How about a video on Colorado National Monument! It's grandeur is amazing and underrated.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

Believe it or not I actually got something in the works for that already! Stay tuned! (:

[@keeparizonawild156]

Such a great video! Well done my friend. Happy to have found your channel fellow lover of ecology

[@andreabank8786]

This is great! Learned so much!

[@andielam286]

Raised in Nevada! Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@gregrussell7704]

Very good and interesting video. I could understand every word

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I appreciate that

[@marthawhite2387]

Thanks Jack. Good information.

[@nathanwilson5789]

Great video!

[@Antisocialboomer]

I was wrong! Tahoe IS in the Great Basin. Humble Pie for Me Learning is good!😅

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

that's what this channel is all about! (:

[@es702rider]

You should make a video talking about mt Charleston or spring mountains, and sheep mountain rancge. And southern nevada in general. I know it may be near cross over but would be great to touch on i seen a video on how st George area is a cross of 3 different environments. Great basin, mojave, colorado plateau

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I actually have been thinking about making a Mt Charleston video; it's my favorite mountain the Great Basin. Stay tuned!

[@es702rider]

@@thenaturalexperience2140 the video is called “ triple junction of southwest utah” . Not enough info talked about around this amazing region. Most ppl caught up in the hustle bussel of L.V. It would be a great video if you made one!! Spring mountains seem under appreciated. The sheep range seems spooky lol then the mountains near Caliente Nevada. Many layers and ecosystems. I love the pinyon-juniper. Spirt mountain and Mount mccullough seems cool. And how maybe the basin connects to Az ? Im not sure 🤔

[@williamolliges2622]

Home. More accurately, Las Vegas is home, but technically the metro area lies in the Colorado drainage. However, the Basin is a short drive away.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

that's what I like about Mount Charleston; it's right along the boundary of the great basin! Thanks for your comment!

[@williamolliges2622]

@@thenaturalexperience2140 Funny. I never really thought of the Spring Mountains as a Boundary Range, but you’re right. One of the craziest transition Zones in Nevada is the Meadow Valley Wash. It’s that finger of the Colorado Drainage that stretches North into the Great Basin that by some freak of crust fracturing nature drains into the Colorado. All the flora, fauna, and geology are pure Grat Basin but the water does eventually reach the sea, sorta. The other interesting transition zone is up near Tonopah, which is dry dusty high cold rain shadow desert. Not that far to the east , the clouds seem to get their mojo back an everything turns back into Sagebrush valleys and juniper/pinion pine mountains. It’s mind boggling to consider Ely and Tonopah are roughly the same distance north and the same elevation.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

@@williamolliges2622 Yeah that finger area of of the colorado drainage is quite interesting, I did notice that when making this video. I live in Reno currently so I totally know what you mean! If you drive in a straight line from Reno to the eastern part of the state it's 10 times as green!

[@davydawgdawg]

Based on everything I've been able to find, the cause of the extension in the basin and range province is still debated among geologists. I believe the best hypothesis is mantle upwelling which is causing the whole province to bulge like a balloon sort of, causing the extension of the crust and the normal faulting. It could also explain the tilting of the Sierra Nevada batholith towards the west. But the jury is still out.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

@@davydawgdawg well what's really interesting is if you put a lot of the leading theories together; there is theories that suggest that the back arc region of ancient volcanic chains in the early cenozoic initiated spreading in the region; then there is the theory I primarily covered in this video which suggests that the additional northwesterly stress produced by the san andreas fault generated extension. Potential slab roll back of the farallon could've further expanded that back arc region I previously touched on. All of this led to the weak and shallow crust that we see in the area today which likely allows for ductile backs of the mantle to intrude upward into the weak space increasing faulting, spreading and volcanism in the region. It truly is very fascinating

[@MrNedsaabdickerson]

I have been interested in the great basin for years, only drove through Nevada a couple of times.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I live in Nevada; so I experience it everyday! Plenty of amazing spots to check out; if you need any recommendations let me know

[@stevengoins3553]

Well done. Informative, interesting and entertaining. I want to go.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

thank you! I got more content coming soon!

[@ruthmusser4449]

My favorite too ! Ty 😊

[@RobertGotschall-y2f]

Nevada, the driest state in the union, has the highest number of endemic fish species in the union.

[@robertschrum5496]

Thx for the pix of Utes... tiniest horses I've seen, especially the white one. Looks like an alfalfa deficiency. GL

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I never really thought about it, but you're right; those horses are tiny!

[@AFMR0420]

Mongol ponies were said to be small.

[@11Airshow11]

Good stuff

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I appreciate that

[@pat8988]

“Their cries are being overlooked”. (1:12) Overlooked implies something accidental, while IGNORED is much more accurate.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

no doubt, perhaps it was a poor choice of words... although in Thacker passes case the Native voices were listened to and councils held; but the amount of money the project is projected to generated proved to alluring of a prospect to respect the faith and territory of our nations original inhabitants... it's a sad situation all around

[@ZeroPointZap]

The Great Inland Sea

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

Lake Lahontan is super fascinating, so is lake bonneville; I think i'm gonna do a video on em soon

[@Antisocialboomer]

Tahoe drains west. Not in basin. I lived on both sides. Sorry dude!

[@ghosttownbound]

Tahoe drains into the Truckee River on the north shore that drains east to Pyramid lake east of Tahoe..... sorry dude

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

ghosttown is correct, but hey I still appreciate the comment

[@llanitedave]

Geologically, Tahoe is straddling a boundary. In one sense it's located within the Sierra Nevada batholith, and is part of that uplifted granite block which defines the western boundary of the Basin and Range province. But it is also located within a graben, structurally related to the Basin and Range extensional tectonics. It leaves the western shore of Lake Tahoe, but loops east, into the Great Basin. Without the Truckee River, Pyramid Lake would not even be a lake, just another of the many isolated dessicated valleys that populate the Great Basin.

[@BobbyDalton-s5w]

You seem like a real intelligent man are you a believer or do you believe in man you know a lot about history what do you know about the real truth??

[@stevecurran5206]

not bad but too wordy to watch. maybe next time hire someone with a voice to narrate for you.

[@thenaturalexperience2140]

I'm working on it Steve, geo concepts are sometimes very hard to condense in a digestible way; and my voice does suffer a bit after hours of exams and masters level work

[@howdypardner4128]

Lame comment that serves no purpose. Tearing people down and their hard work is despicable.

[@scooterking09]

go to hell "steve"

[@Ladiesman17]

Yo Steve I know where you live buddy, maybe next time you should hire someone to hide your personal information before runnin your mouth. Oil yourself up lil bro I'm on my way

[@zxprodigy3776]

Okay I thought his voice was fine but since you think otherwise why don't you man up and narrate for him I wanna hear the real Steve.

[@billburkhalter411]

Noah's flood. The Bible is true.