The
Uintah Basin, also spelled
Uinta Basin, is a
physiographic section of the larger
Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger
Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division. It is also a geologic
structural basin in eastern
Utah, east of the
Wasatch Mountains and south of the
Uinta Mountains. The Uintah Basin is fed by creeks and rivers flowing south from the Uinta Mountains. Many of the principal rivers (Strawberry River, Currant Creek, Rock Creek, Lake Fork River, and Uinta River) flow into the
Duchesne River which feeds the
Green River—a tributary of the
Colorado River. The Uinta Mountains forms the northern border of the Uintah Basin. They contain the highest point in Utah,
Kings Peak, with a summit 13,528 feet (4123 metres) above sea level. The climate of the Uintah Basin is semi-arid, with occasionally severe winter cold.