Basin

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Basin may mean:

• A rock
• 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
  • 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

In places:

• Basin, Wyoming
• The Basin, Victoria
• The Basin, a geologic feature within Franconia Notch State Park in New Hampshire, United States
• The Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, Vermont
• Basin Mountain, one of the Adirondack High Peaks in the U.S. state of New York.

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