Basin may refer to:

Geography and geology

Depression (geology) In geology, a depression is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms. Types Erosion-related: * Blowout: a depression created by wind erosion typically in either a partially vegetated ...

Back-arc basin A back-arc basin is a type of geologic basin, found at some convergent plate boundaries. Presently all back-arc basins are submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones, with many found in the western Pacific Ocean. Most of ...

, a submarine feature associated with island arcs and subduction zones ** Debris basin, designed to prevent damage from debris flow **

Drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

(hydrology), a topographic region in which all water drains to a common area ** Endorheic basin, a closed topographic low area with no drainage outlet **

Impact basin An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...

, a large impact crater **

Retention basin A retention basin, sometimes called a wet pond, wet detention basin, or stormwater management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter and a permanent pool of water in its design. It is used to manage stormwater r ...

, stormwater runoff to prevent flooding and downstream erosion which includes a permanent pool of water ** Detention basin, a man-made basin used to temporarily store surplus water from rivers. **

Sedimentary basin Sedimentary basins are region-scale depressions of the Earth's crust where subsidence has occurred and a thick sequence of sediments have accumulated to form a large three-dimensional body of sedimentary rock. They form when long-term subsidence ...

(sedimentology), a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent higher areas **

Structural basin A structural basin is a large-scale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata. They are geological depressions, the inverse of domes. Elongated structural basins are also known as synclines. ...

, rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata *** Oceanic basin, a structural basin covered by seawater ***

Pull-apart basin In geology, a basin is a region where subsidence generates accommodation space for the deposition of sediments. A pull-apart basin is a structural basin where two overlapping (en echelon) strike-slip faults or a fault bend creates an area of cru ...

, a section of crust separated by the action of two strike-slip faults ** Tidal basin, an area that fills with water at high tide *

Tropical cyclone basins Traditionally, areas of tropical cyclone formation are divided into seven basins. These include the north Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and western parts of the northern Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Pacific, the southwestern and southeastern Ind ...

, oceans or areas of oceans used for classifying tropical cyclones

Objects

* Bowl, a round container ** Pudding basin, a bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking *

Emesis basin A kidney dish (British English) or emesis basin (American English) is a shallow basin with a kidney-shaped base and sloping walls used in medical and surgical wards to receive soiled dressings and other medical waste. Generally, the volume of ...

, a kidney-shaped bowl used in hospitals etc. for vomit * Sink, a plumbing fixture * Toilet basin, an alternate name for the bowl (pan) of a flush toilet *

Wash basin A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have Tap (valve), a tap (faucet) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing. They also include ...

, a sink or bowl to contain water for cleaning hands and other minor washing ** Basin stand or washstand, an obsolete piece of furniture to hold a wash basin, jug, towel, etc.

Place names

Oceania

* Basin Reserve, New Zealand, a cricket ground in Wellington * The Basin (Rottnest Island), Western Australia * The Basin, New South Wales, Australia, a locality in northern Sydney * The Basin, Victoria, Australia, a suburb in Melbourne

United States

* Basin, Alabama * Basin, California, an unincorporated community now named Huntington Lake, California * Basin, Mississippi * Basin, Montana * Basin, Wyoming, seat of Big Horn County * Basin Mountain (New York), a summit of the Adirondack Park *

Basin Street Basin Street or Rue Bassin in French, is a street in New Orleans, Louisiana. It parallels Rampart Street one block lakeside, or inland, from the boundary of the French Quarter, running from Canal Street down 5 blocks past Saint Louis Cemetery. It c ...

, New Orleans, Louisiana *

Mill Basin, Brooklyn Mill Basin is a residential neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is on a peninsula abutting Jamaica Bay and is bordered by Avenue U on the northwest and the Mill Basin/Mill Island Inlet on its remaining sides. Mill Basin ...

, in New York * The Basin, a river pothole in

Franconia Notch State Park Franconia Notch State Park is a public recreation area and nature preserve that straddles of Interstate 93 as it passes through Franconia Notch, a mountain pass between the Kinsman Range and Franconia Range in the White Mountains of northe ...

Elsewhere

Basin (Martian crater) Basin may refer to: Geography and geology * Depression (geology) ** Back-arc basin, a submarine feature associated with island arcs and subduction zones ** Debris basin, designed to prevent damage from debris flow ** Drainage basin (hydrology), a ...

Basin, Masovian Voivodeship Basin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, Masovian Voivodeship, Gmina Baranów, within Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. References

Villages in Grodzisk Mazowiecki County ...

, Poland *

Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin) The Amazon Basin is a large sedimentary basin (620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi)) located near the middle and lower course of the Amazon River, south the Guiana Shield and north of the Central Brazilian Shield. The basin developed on a ...

Other uses

* "Basin" (chanson de geste), a poem about Charlemagne's childhood * Basin, the area of a

dry dock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

which can be flooded and drained * Basin of attraction, in 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 *

Basin (horse) Basin (foaled May 12, 2017) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019 Hopeful Stakes. Career Basin's first race was on June 14, 2019 at Churchill Downs, where he came in second. He earned his first victory in his second ...

, American Thoroughbred racehorse *

Thomas Basin Thomas Basin (1412–1491) was a French bishop of Lisieux and historian. Biography Basin was born at Caudebec in Normandy, but in the devastation caused by the Hundred Years' War, his childhood was itinerant. He was taken from Caudebec in 1415 ...

(1412–1491), French bishop of Lisieux and historian