Basin
Basin may refer to:
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Geography and geology
- Depression (geology)
- Back-arc basin, a submarine feature associated with island arcs and subduction zones
- Debris basin, designed to prevent damage from debris flow
- Drainage basin (hydrology), a topographic region in which all water drains to a common area
- Endorheic basin, a closed topographic low area with no drainage outlet
- Impact basin, a large impact crater
- Retention basin, stormwater runoff to prevent flooding and downstream erosion which includes a permanent pool of water
- Detention basin, a man-made basin used to temporarily store surplus water from rivers.
- Sedimentary basin (sedimentology), a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent higher areas
- Structural basin, rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata
- Oceanic basin, a structural basin covered by seawater
- Pull-apart basin, a section of crust separated by the action of two strike-slip faults
- Tidal basin, an area that fills with water at high tide
- Tropical cyclone basins, oceans or areas of oceans used for classifying tropical cyclones
Objects
- Bowl, a round container
- Pudding basin, a bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking
- Emesis basin, a kidney-shaped bowl used in hospitals etc. for vomit
- Sink, a plumbing fixture
- Toilet basin, an alternate name for the bowl (pan) of a flush toilet
- Wash basin, a sink or bowl to contain water for cleaning hands and other minor washing
- Basin stand or washstand, an obsolete piece of furniture to hold a wash basin, jug, towel, etc.
Place names
Oceania
- Basin Reserve, New Zealand, a cricket ground in Wellington
- The Basin (Rottnest Island), Western Australia
- The Basin, New South Wales, Australia, a locality in northern Sydney
- The Basin, Victoria, Australia, a suburb in Melbourne
United States
- Basin, Alabama
- Basin, California, an unincorporated community now named Huntington Lake, California
- Basin, Mississippi
- Basin, Montana
- Basin, Wyoming, seat of Big Horn County
- Basin Mountain (New York), a summit of the Adirondack Park
- Basin Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Mill Basin, Brooklyn, in New York
- The Basin, a river pothole in Franconia Notch State Park
Other uses
- "Basin" (chanson de geste), a poem about Charlemagne's childhood
- Basin, the area of a dry dock which can be flooded and drained
- Basin of attraction, in mathematics, an area of a nonlinear system with an attractor
- Canal basin, a docking section of canal wide enough to allow for uninterrupted canal traffic
- Basin (horse), American Thoroughbred racehorse
- Thomas Basin (1412–1491), French bishop of Lisieux and historian
- Water resource basin, a subdivision of the U.S. hydrologic unit system
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Basin
- Basan (disambiguation)
- Basen (disambiguation)
- Bassin (disambiguation)
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