Basin definition

Any shallow, rounded hollow or depression, often containing water, as a pond.

A great hollow in the earth's surface filled by an ocean.

A round, wide, shallow container, as for holding water to wash in.

A washbowl; a sink.

An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.

(geol.) A wide, depressed area in which the rock layers all incline toward a central area.

Its contents or capacity.

A washbowl or sink.

A region drained by a river and its tributaries.

A low-lying area on the Earth's surface in which thick layers of sediment have accumulated. Some basins are bowl-shaped while others are elongate. Basins form through tectonic processes, especially in fault-bordered intermontane areas or in areas where the Earth's crust has warped downwards. They are often a source of valuable oil.

A bay or harbor.

All the land drained by a river and its branches.

The definition of a shallow container which will hold liquids such as water, or a shallow, bowl-shapped depression on land filled with water, or when rock layers all tilt away from a center area.

A region drained by a single river system.

An open, shallow, usually round container used especially for holding liquids.

The amount that such a vessel can hold.

An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.

A small enclosed or partly enclosed body of water.

A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted toward a common center.

A large, bowl-shaped depression in the surface of the land or ocean floor.