â¢ ACCRETION (noun) The noun ACCRETION has 6 senses: 1. an increase by natural growth or addition. 2. something contributing to growth or increase. 3. (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases.
The Great Basin Visitor Center is located on Nevada State Route 487 in the town of Baker. The Lehman Caves Visitor Center is located on Nevada State Route 488. It is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from Baker, Nevada, 1â2 mile (800 m) inside the park boundary.
A large self-contained drainage basin of the western United States, including most of Nevada and parts of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and California. Situated in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada, the Great Basin is mostly arid.reat Basin. n. 1. (Placename) a semiarid region of the western US, between the Wasatch and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, having no drainage to the ocean: includes Nevada, W Utah, and parts of E California, S Oregon, and Idaho. Area: about 490 000 sq km (189 000 sq miles).