Basin

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Template:Wiktionarypar Basin may mean:

• Hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water; see drainage basin
• Sedimentary basin, a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas
• Geologic basin
• Oceanic basin, anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater
• Basin may be a downdropped fault block, or graben, which fill with sediments
• Wash basin, a bowl 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, used for the reception of boats, in which the water level is maintained; see also tidal basin and canal basins
• Geologic depression, a landform lower than the surrounding area such as the Kalahari Basin.
• In the mathematics of nonlinear systems, a basin of attraction.

In places:

• Basin, Wyoming

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