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Meanings of basin in English
The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.
Usage of basin in English
1
Declared and secret energy agreements with Russia, Caspian basin countries, and others.
2
The basin in which the Crisis lay was entirely fringed with forest.
3
The rain is heaviest in the Takazze basin in July and August.
4
The state sits atop the Marcellus Shale, a large natural gas basin.
5
At one time this State had aspirations to drain the Shannon basin.
6
The baying of the dogs was now deep down in the basin.
7
But efforts to build hydroelectric dams in the Tapajós river basin continue.
8
News.com.au spoke this week to a miner in the Bowen basin region.
9
Traveling west, they soon left behind the low-lying basin of windy plains.
10
Put in a bowl and place in a basin of ice water.
11
Put the basin containing the boiling syrup in another of boiling water.
12
He came out of the room with the basin in his hands.
13
With her left hand she turned on the water in the basin.
14
The willows in the Arctic drainage basin shrink to shrubs scarcely knee-high.
15
There must be a Baldy sub in the basin inside the gate.
16
They were pushing the waters out of the basin of the sea.
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Translations for basin
Russian
Basin through the time
Basin across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common