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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 Basin s 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

  • --- An Emesis Basin is a specific type of basin

  • 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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