In the Great Basin of the western United States:
A) buttes and mesas are common.
B) no streams flow into or away from the region.
C) little sediment accumulates because much of the region is desert or semiarid.
D) sediment is filling the valleys because streams flow into the valleys from surrounding mountains, but no streams flow away from the region.

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The Great Basin is an endorheic basin where water flows into valleys from surrounding mountains but does not flow out, leading to sediment accumulation in the valleys.

In the Great Basin of the Western United States