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Basin may refer to: - Basin (chanson de geste), a poem about Charlemagne's childhood
- basin (maritime), the area of a drydock which can be flooded and drained
- basin of attraction (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
- pudding basin, a bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking
- tidal basin, an area that fills with water at high tide
- wash basin - a sink or bowl to contain water for cleaning hands and other minor ablutions
- emesis basin - kidney-shaped bowl used in convalescent settings
Landforms Basin may also refer to some types of geological depressions: - 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
- Sedimentary basin (sedimentology), a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent positive areas
- Structural basin (geology), a large-scale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat lying strata
Place names - Basin, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Basin Reserve, New Zealand, a cricket ground in Wellington
- Great Artesian Basin, Australia, an artesian source of freshwater
- Kalahari Basin, a lowland in southern Africa
- Mirador Basin, Guatemala
- Sholazar Basin, Northrend
- Montrose Basin, Scotland
- Pet n Basin, Guatemala
- Arathi Basin, Arathi Highlands
- Tarim Basin (China), the endorheic basin of the Taklamakin Desert
- The Basin, New South Wales, Australia, a locality in northern Sydney
- The Basin, Victoria, Australia, a suburb in Melbourne
- United States
- Basin, Wyoming, seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming
- Basin, California, an unincorporated community now named Huntington Lake, California
- Basin Harbor Club, Vermont, a club and guesthouse in Addison County
- Basin Mountain (New York) , a summit of the Adirondack Park
- Columbia Basin, drainage basin of the Columbia River
- Great Basin, an endorheic basin in the western United States with a small area in Mexico
- Great Basin (Maine), a cirque basin in New England
- Great Divide Basin, an endorheic basin in Wyoming
- Harney Basin, a region in southeast Oregon
- Miners Basin, Utah, a ghost town
- San Luis Closed Basin, an endorheic basin in Colorado
- San Juan Basin, a structural basin primarily in New Mexico
- the Basin, a river pothole in Franconia Notch State Park
- Tidal Basin (District of Columbia), a reservoir between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel
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