• Basin (chanson de geste)
  Basin (chanson de geste)
  Basin is a chanson de geste about Charlemagne's childhood. While the Old French epic poem has been lost, the story has come down to us via a 13th century Norse prose version in the Karlamagnús saga.-Plot:...
  
  , 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
  Attractor
  An attractor is a set towards which a dynamical system evolves over time. That is, points that get close enough to the attractor remain close even if slightly disturbed...
  
  
• Canal basin
  Canal basin
  A canal basin is an expanse of waterway alongside or at the end of a canal, and wider than the canal, constructed to allow boats to moor or unload cargo without impeding the progress of other traffic, and to allow room for turning, thus serving as a winding hole...
  
   - a docking section of canal wide enough to allow for uninterrupted canal traffic
• pudding basin
  Pudding basin
  A pudding basin is a bowl or vessel that is specifically used to steam puddings. Typically made of glazed earthenware or tempered glass, this kitchen vessel may also be used as a mixing bowl....
  
  , a bowl in which raw pudding dough or batter is placed for cooking
• tidal basin, an area that fills with water at high tide
  High Tide
  High Tide was a band formed in 1969 by Tony Hill , Simon House , Peter Pavli and Roger Hadden .-History:...
  
  
• wash basin - a sink
  Sink
  A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, for dishwashing or other purposes. Sinks generally have taps that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing...
  
   or bowl to contain water for cleaning hands and other minor ablutions
  • emesis basin
    Emesis basin
    An emesis basin is a shallow basin with a kidney-shaped footprint and sloping walls . Various sizes of emesis basin are a common sight in healthcare settings, including facilities such as nursing homes that may have bedridden patients...
    
     - kidney-shaped bowl used in convalescent settings

Landforms

• Drainage basin
  Drainage basin
  A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
  
   (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
  Sedimentary basin
  The term sedimentary basin is used to refer to any geographical feature exhibiting subsidence and consequent infilling by sedimentation. As the sediments are buried, they are subjected to increasing pressure and begin the process of lithification...
  
   (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
  • Oceanic basin
    Oceanic basin
    Hydrologically, an oceanic basin may be anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater, but geologically ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level...
    
    , a structural basin covered by seawater
  • Pull apart basin
    Pull Apart Basin
    250px|thumb|[[Cami Lake]] in [[Tierra del Fuego]] develops on a [[Patagonian Ice Sheet|glacially]] excavated pull apart basin along the [[Magallanes-Fagnano Fault]], hence its elongated form...
    
    , a section of crust separated by the action of two strike-slip faults

Place names

• Basin, Masovian Voivodeship
  Basin, Masovian Voivodeship
  Basin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.-References:...
  
  , Poland
• Basin Reserve
  Basin Reserve
  The Basin Reserve , is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. Some argue that its proximity to the city, its Historic Place status and its age make it the most famous cricket ground in New Zealand...
  
  , New Zealand, a cricket ground in Wellington
• Great Artesian Basin
  Great Artesian Basin
  The Great Artesian Basin provides the only reliable source of freshwater through much of inland Australia. The basin is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, stretching over a total of , with temperatures measured ranging from 30°C to 100°C...
  
  , Australia, an artesian source of freshwater
• Kalahari Basin
  Kalahari Basin
  The Kalahari Basin is a large lowland area covering over 2.5 million km² covering most of Botswana and parts of Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...
  
  , a lowland in southern Africa
• Mirador Basin
  Mirador Basin
  The Mirador Basin is a geological depression found in the remote rainforest of the northern department of Petén, Guatemala. Mirador Basin consists of two true basins, consisting of shallowly sloping terrain dominated by low-lying swamps called bajos; one draining into the San Pedro River and the...
  
  , Guatemala
• Sholazar Basin, Northrend
• Montrose Basin
  Montrose Basin
  The Montrose Basin is part of the estuary of the South Esk forming a tidal basin near to the town of Montrose, Angus, on the north-east coast of Scotland....
  
  , Scotland
• Petén Basin
  Petén Basin
  The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of Mesoamerica, located in the northern portion of the modern-day nation of Guatemala, and essentially contained within the department of El Petén...
  
  , Guatemala
• Arathi Basin, Arathi Highlands
• Tarim Basin
  Tarim Basin
  The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic basin occupying an area of about . It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China's far west. Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and its southern is the Kunlun Mountains on the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The...
  
   (China), the endorheic basin of the Taklamakin Desert
• The Basin, New South Wales
  The Basin, New South Wales
  The Basin is a locality in northern Sydney, in the Australian state of New South Wales. The Basin is located 42 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council....
  
  , Australia, a locality in northern Sydney
• The Basin, Victoria
  The Basin, Victoria
  The Basin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox...
  
  , Australia, a suburb in Melbourne

• Basin, Wyoming
  Basin, Wyoming
  Basin is a town in, and the county seat of, Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2000 census. The community is located near the center of the Bighorn Basin with the Big Horn River east of the town...
  
  , seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming
• Basin, California, an unincorporated community now named Huntington Lake, California
  Huntington Lake, California
  Huntington Lake is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located on the west end of Huntington Lake north of Big Creek, at an elevation of 7027 feet ....
  
  
• Basin Harbor Club
  Basin Harbor Club
  The Basin Harbor Club is a club and guesthouse located in Vergennes, Vermont. The club’s first residence building was constructed in 1790 by Platt Rogers, who used it as an inn. The historical building stayed an inn and was run by his daughter after his death....
  
  , Vermont, a club and guesthouse in Addison County
• Basin Mountain (New York)
  Basin Mountain (New York)
  Basin is the ninth-highest peak of the High Peaks Region in the Adirondack Park in New York, USA. The peak was named by Verplanck Colvin for several basins formed between knobs on its slopes. It is located in the High Peaks Wilderness Area...
  
   , a summit of the Adirondack Park
• Columbia Basin
  Columbia Basin
  The Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River, occupies a large area–about —of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In common usage, the term often refers to a smaller area, generally the portion of the drainage basin that lies within eastern Washington.Usage of the term...
  
  , drainage basin of the Columbia River
• Great Basin
  Great Basin
  The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America and is noted for its arid conditions and Basin and Range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than away at the...
  
  , 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
  Great Divide Basin
  The Great Divide Basin is a drainage basin of the Continental Divide of the Americas. The basin is between the Green River watershed on the west and the Medicine Bow River watershed on the east . From the northwest, the basin begins in the "Wind River Range .....
  
  , an endorheic basin in Wyoming
• Harney Basin
  Harney Basin
  The Harney Basin is a structural basin in southeastern Oregon in the United States at the northwestern corner of the Great Basin. One of the least populated areas of the contiguous United States, it is located largely in northern Harney County, bounded on the north and east by the Columbia Plateau,...
  
  , a region in southeast Oregon
• Miners Basin, Utah
  Miners Basin, Utah
  Miners Basin or simply Basin is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1898 to 1908.- History :Miners Basin was settled among the La Sal Mountains. Copper was discovered in the area in 1888, but a mining town was not established until 1898, when the recently...
  
  , a ghost town
• San Luis Closed Basin, an endorheic basin in Colorado
• San Juan Basin
  San Juan Basin
  The San Juan Basin is a geologic structural basin in the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States; its main portion covers around , encompassing much of northwestern New Mexico, southwest Colorado, and parts of Arizona and Utah....
  
  , a structural basin primarily in New Mexico
• the Basin, a river pothole in Franconia Notch State Park
  Franconia Notch State Park
  Franconia Notch State Park is located in the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire and straddles of Interstate 93 as it passes through Franconia Notch, a mountain pass between the Kinsman Range and Franconia Range...
  
  
• Tidal Basin (District of Columbia), a reservoir between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel