Basin

Basin may refer to:

• Depression (geology)
• Back-arc basin, a submarine feature associated with island arcs and subduction zones

• 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
• Impact basin, a large impact crater
• Retention basin, 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 (sedimentology), a low and usually sinking region that is filled with sediments from adjacent higher areas
• Structural basin, rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata
• Oceanic basin, a structural basin covered by seawater
• Pull-apart basin, 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, oceans or areas of oceans used for classifying tropical cyclones

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

• 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

• Basin, Alabama
• Basin, California, an unincorporated community now named Huntington Lake, California
• Basin Mountain (California)
• Basin, Mississippi
• Basin, Montana
• Basin, Wyoming, seat of Big Horn County
• Basin Mountain (New York), a summit of the Adirondack Park
• Basin Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Mill Basin, Brooklyn, in New York
• The Basin, a river pothole in Franconia Notch State Park

• Basin (Martian crater)
• Basin, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
• Bašin, Serbia
• Basin, Polish name for Basina, Belarus
• Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin)

• "Basin" (chanson de geste), a poem about Charlemagne's childhood
• Basin, the area of a dry dock 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), American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Basin (surname)
• Water resource basin, a subdivision of the U.S. hydrologic unit system

• Basan (disambiguation)
• Basen (disambiguation)
• Bassin (disambiguation)