The Great Basin (Spanish: Gran Cuenca) is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets to the ocean, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California.

Cuenca means “basin” in Spanish, and the city sits on a plateau surrounded by mountains. Four rivers are found in the Cuenca basin and one, the Tomebamba, runs right through the center of town. Although near the equator, Cuenca sits high in the northern Andes at an altitude of 8,300 feet and its residents enjoy year round spring-like weather.

Neuquén Basin (Spanish: Cuenca Neuquina) is a sedimentary basin covering most of Neuquén Province in Argentina. The basin originated in the Jurassic and developed through alternating continental and marine conditions well into the Tertiary.

La Gran Cuenca (del inglés: Great Basin) es la mayor área de cuencas endorreicas contiguas de Norteamérica.

Venga al Parque Nacional Gran Cuenca y sienta la soledad del desierto, el aroma de la artemisa después de una tormenta eléctrica, la oscuridad profunda del cielo en la noche y la belleza de las cuevas de Lehman.

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The Tomebamba basin is located in the tropical Andes (aprox. 3 degrees South) and ranges from 2500 to 4400 m a.s.l. At its outlet lies the city of Cuenca, the 3 rd largest city of Ecuador, both in size and economic importance.

Cuenca, city, south-central Ecuador. It lies in an intermontane basin (cuenca) of the Andes Mountains at an elevation of 8,517 feet (2,596 metres) on the Matadero River, a tributary of the Paute River.

Cuyo Basin (Spanish: Cuenca Cuyana) is a sedimentary basin in Mendoza Province, western Argentina. The Cuyo Basin has a NNW-SSE elongated shape and is limited to the west by the Sierra Pintada System and to the east by the Pampean pericraton .