basin

5 letters in word "basin": A B I N S.

Anagrams of basin:

• nabis

• sabin

Words found within basin:

ab abs ai ain ains ais an ani anis as ba ban bani bans bas bi bias bin bins bis in ins is isba na nab nabs nas nib nibs nis sab sai sain san si sib sin snab snib

• Definitions:
• a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake" river basin: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin" washbasin: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
• 1. See river basin. 2. Any body of water not having horizontal communication with the open ocean at all depths. The maximum depth at which there is horizontal communication is the sill depth.
• natural depression or relatively low area enclosed by higher land (amphitheater, cirque, pit, sink).
• A portion of a rice field bounded by levees.
• A large impact crater, usually with a diameter in excess of 100 kilometers. Most basins have been modified by degradation of the original basin relief through downslope movement of debris and flooding of the basin interior by lavas.
• Area for impoundment of saline drainage water for evapoconcentration (desiccation). Typically constructed by excavating soils from the interior of basins to build up their embankments. Such ponds may contain more than one cell.
• Whole geographic area having a common outlet (such as a river, stream, or lake) for its surface runoff. Also known as drainage area or watershed.
• Enclosed stretch of water such as in port.
• A region drained by a single river system.
• A round or oval depression in the Earth's surface, containing the youngest section of rock in its lowest, central part.
• A large, cup-shaped dent in the ocean floor.
• A depression of large size, which maybe of structural or erosional origin
• Enclosed bowl. Just as the name suggests, the feature is in the shape of a bowl or spoon-shaped
• A basin functions the same way as a dam, but usually does not require an embankment to impound water. Basins are dug into the ground and store water at or below grade. Basins have outlet pipes that release flows at a predefined rate. ...
• The word is used in French gardens (pronounced 'bass-an') to mean a geometrical pool of the type made in Baroque gardens.
• a large area of lower elevation than surrounding areas.
• The soil surface area, which drains into a network of rivers and/or streams
• A downdropped fault block, or graben, which fill with sediments.
• A large circular or elliptical depressed area in a landscape.
• A large natural depression on the earth’s surface in which sediments generally brought by water accumulate.
• A widening of the canal channel creating an area large enough to allow boats to turn around. Usually also the location of docks for loading and unloading boats.
• A depressed area with no surface outlet. The term is widely applied, eg to a lake basin, to a ground-water basin, to a depression on the sea floor, to a circular depression on the Moon's surface, or to a tidal basin. ...
• A part of the surface of the earth that is drained by a river and its tributaries.
• an impact feature of great size, often covering several percent or more of the surface of a body and giving rise to formations globally. On the moon, the conspicuous basins are found mostly on the nearside, and have filled to varying degrees with mare basalts. ...
• The area of land that drains to a particular river.
• The area from which a stream or waterway and reservoir receives surface flow which originates as precipitation.

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