Bonneville
Columbia River dam
Bonneville refers to the Bonneville Salt Flats, a vast expanse of hard, flat salt crust in northwestern Utah where land speed records have been set since the early 20th century.
The name appears in automotive contexts—Pontiac's Bonneville model, "Bonneville speed trials"—evoking high performance and record-breaking attempts.
He drove out to Bonneville to watch the racing.
Rate of motion
- racingSpeed competition sport
- flatsDwellings or low shoes
- UtahBeehive State, western region
- streamlinerWind-cheating vehicle design
record · white · crust · salt · straightaway · motorsport · turbine · timing
Enclosed freshwater body
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- Ice AgeExtended global freeze
- Great BasinClosed hydrological region, American West
shoreline · terrace · ancient · flood · glacial · Utah · Nevada · Idaho
Mineral-crusted evaporite terrain
- land speedTerrestrial travel rate
- racingSpeed competition sport
- streamlinerWind-cheating vehicle design
- thrustForceful forward motion
record attempt · aerodynamic · turbine · cockpit · parachute · roll cage · black line · course
America personified, or its namesakes
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- OregonNorthwestern U.S. state
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- spillwayDam's water release structure
powerhouse · turbines · navigation · lock · salmon · reservoir · electricity · concrete
speed
Rate of motion
streamliner · record · white · crust · salt · straightaway · motorsport · turbine · timing · mile
Lake
Enclosed freshwater body
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- Ice AgeExtended global freeze
Great Basin · shoreline · terrace · ancient · flood · glacial · Utah · Nevada · Idaho · sediment
salt flats
Mineral-crusted evaporite terrain
- land speedTerrestrial travel rate
- racingSpeed competition sport
- streamlinerWind-cheating vehicle design
thrust · record attempt · aerodynamic · turbine · cockpit · parachute · roll cage · black line · course · certified
Columbia
America personified, or its namesakes
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- OregonNorthwestern U.S. state
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
spillway · powerhouse · turbines · navigation · lock · salmon · reservoir · electricity · concrete · gorge
Pontiac
Defunct General Motors division
GTO · Catalina · 1960s · American · V8 · chrome · tailfins · classic · cruiser · restoration
- carscar, auto, automobile, sedan, coupe
- speed recordsworld record, land speed record, Olympic record, lap record, track record
- damsdam wall, barrage, concrete dams, spillway, cofferdam
- Columbia River TownsAstoria, Portland, Vancouver, Pasco, Richland
- Desert PlacesSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Kalahari, Namib
- Great BasinGreat Basin, Nevada, sagebrush, salt flats, playas
Bonnevillestandstill
Total cessation of movement
stationary · stop · idle · immobile · motionless
Bonnevillejungle
Dense tropical forest
swamp · Niagara Falls · mountain pass · mountain peak · rocky terrain
BonnevilleYugo
Defunct Serbian automobile
econobox · minivan · station wagon · commuter car · hybrid