Overall consumer food inflation during the month rose to 5.25 percent in October, government data showed Thursday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation in August stood at 3.74 percent on cheaper vegetables, fruits and protein rich items, government data showed Monday.
Fact One. The Great Basin Desert is the largest U.S. desert at 200,000 square miles, occupying the land between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Range, the Columbia Plateau, and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.ost of the desert falls between 4,000 and 6,500 feet, but the land includes peaks that stretch above 13,000 feet. The Great Basinâs 7 to 12 inches of annual precipitation falls throughout the year, rather than during specific seasons, and occurs primarily as snow.
They are all located in the western portion of the country and are defined to be areas that receive less than ten inches of precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) a year. Great Basin Desert. The Great Basin Desert is generally considered the largest of the four US deserts. Although we usually think of deserts as being hot, the Great Basin Desert is often very cold and most of the precipitation that falls in the desert is snow. Much of the desert is at high altitudes of 3,000 to 6,000 feet or more.