|
||
|
Welcome to Intermountain Regional Herbarium Network
The Intermountain Region is basically the region between the Sierra Nevada
and the Rocky Mountains but the precise interpretation of the phrase varies.
Most agree that the hydrologic Great Basin, the area with no external drainage,
dominates the region. This basin is divided by north-south trending
mountain ranges that are separated by wide valleys. The mountain ranges support
woods and forests that are now essentially isolated from each other as well as
from the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains by the intervening valleys. The
region’s biota is determined in large part by its variable and scant
precipitation, most of which falls in winter, and its large fluctuations
in temperature, both daily and seasonal.
This site is brought to you in collaboration with the SEINet Network. Please send questions or comments to Kristian.Valles@usu.edu. |
|