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.
The Great Basin Desert, the largest U. S. desert, covers an arid expanse of about 190,000 square miles and is bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau to the north and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to the south.reat Basin National Park Nevada's U.S. Route 50 High Desert Oregon and Idaho Border Other DesertUSA Resources Desert Animal Surval Surviving Summer in Death Valley Desert Survival Primer for People Desert Survival Kit.