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Central Basin and Range

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NameColor on MapEPA Code‡
Salt Deserts13a
Sierra Nevada-Influenced Semiarid Hills and Basins13aa
Sierra Valley13ab
Upper Owens Valley13ac
Mono-Adobe Valleys13ad
Bishop Volcanic Tableland13ae
Shadscale-Dominated Saline Basins13b
Sagebrush Basins and Slopes13c
Woodland- and Shrub-Covered Low Mountains13d
High Elevation Carbonate Mountains13e
Moist Wasatch Front Footslopes13f
Wetlands13g
Lahontan and Tonopah Playas13h
Malad and Cache Valleys13i
Lahontan Salt Shrub Basin13j
Lahontan Sagebrush Slopes13k
Lahontan Uplands13l
Upper Humboldt Plains13m
Mid-Elevation Ruby Mountains13n
High Elevation Ruby Mountains13o
Carbonate Sagebrush Valleys13p
Carbonate Woodland Zone13q
Central Nevada High Valleys13r
Central Nevada Mid-Slope Woodland and Brushland13s
Central Nevada Bald Mountains13t
Tonopah Basin13u
Tonopah Sagebrush Foothills13v
Tonopah Uplands13w
Sierra Nevada-Influenced Ranges13x
Sierra Nevada-Influenced High Elevation Mountains13y
Upper Lahontan Basin13z

† Status: ✓ = Complete ○ = Needs Image … = Incomplete ∅ = Stub Only

This code refers to the US EPA's Level 4 ecoregion codes for the continental U.S., see here.

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