Basin

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Basin may mean:

  • Drainage basin, a hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water
  • Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world.
  • Sedimentary basin, a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas
  • Structural basin, in geology, referring to the basin-shaped warping of underlying bedrock in a region
  • Depression (geology), a landform lower than the surrounding area, such as the Kalahari Basin
  • Oceanic basin, anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater
  • A downdropped fault block, or graben, which fill with sediments
  • Wash basin, a bowl (vessel) designed to contain water for the purpose of cleaning hands and other minor ablutions; see also sink
  • Pudding basin, a kitchen utensil of a rounded internal form and wider at its open top
  • Basin, or dock (maritime), used for the reception of boats, in which the water level is maintained; also called a tidal basin or canal basin
  • Basin of attraction, in the mathematics of nonlinear systems

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