'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

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★ 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

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