A natural depression on the earth's surfaces, in which (usually water-borne) sediments accumulate over millions of years. The Gulf of Mexico is an example.
Whole geographic area having a common outlet (such as a river, stream, or lake) for its surface runoff. Also known as drainage area or watershed.
A depression in the earth's crust filled with sediments. Laid down by rivers or at the bottom of a lake or sea.
A depressed area with no surface outlet.
A low-lying area of low relief.
Essentially a subsided or subsiding part of the Earth's surface within which sediments can accumulate.
A fold or depression shaped like a right-side-up bowl.
An area where the canal widens allowing for passing of boats and economic development such as mills, canal warehouses. Often the site of "Canal Towns".
A collection of watersheds (the area where rainfall collects) that drain into a nearby river. The state is divided into ten basins: Big Black River Basin, Yazoo River Basin, Coastal Streams Basin, Mississippi River Basin - direct dischargers to MS, North Independent Streams Basin, Pascagoula River Basin, Pearl River Basin, South Independent Streams Basin, Tennessee River Basin, Tombigbee River Basin.
Large depressed plain known as a mare on the Moon, Mercury, or Mars.
is a segment of the crust of the Earth in which thick layers of sediments have accumulated over a long period of time.
A depression in the Earth's surface; the drainage basin of a river system.
In tectonics, a circular, syncline-like depression of strata. In sedimentology, the site of accumulation of a large thickness of sediments.
the entire area drained by a river and its tributaries.
the region drained by a river; Central
The soil surface area, which drains into a network of rivers and/or streams
A depression in the earth's crust in which sedimentary materials have accumulated. Such a basin may contain oil or gas fields.
The watershed from which overland runoff flows into the North Platte River. When used alone in this report it refers to the North Platte River Drainage Basin upstream of Guernsey Dam.
A low area in the Earth's crust, of tectonic origin, in which sediments have accumulated, e.g. a circular centrocline such as the Michigan Basin, a fault bordered intermontane feature such as the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, or a linear crustal downwarp such as the Appalachian Basin. Such features were basins at the time of sedimentation but are not necessarily so today. Syn: structural basin.
a low area with no surface water outlet.
A topographic or structural low area that generally receives thicker deposits of sediments than adjacent areas; the low areas tend to sink more readily, partly because of the weight of the thicker sediments; the term also denotes an area of relatively deep water adjacent to shallow-water shelf areas.
riverbasin is the area that is drained by a river system
A round or oval depression in the Earth's surface, containing the youngest section of rock in its lowest, central part.
The land area whose run-off drains to a to a stream, lake, or ocean. As applied in this report, used to refer to subbasins within the Lake Washington Watershed.
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
a depression in the surface of the Earth with no surface outlet
a grouping of major watersheds
an overkill sector, I would anticipate that area will be destroyed as well
a round, low area of land surrounded by a higher area of land
A supporting element and/or foundation in a mathematical equation. In fractals these are the areas of dense information.
A depressed region filled with sedimentary rocks.
Land area where precipitation runs off into streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. It is a land feature that can be identified by tracing a line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map, often a ridge. Large drainage basins, like the area that drains into the Mississippi River, contain thousands of smaller drainage basins. Also called a "watershed."
The drainage area of a stream, includes both surface and ground water drainage.
Landform. A low area of land surrounded by mountains or other higher lands. Desert basins often have a playa in the bottom.
The area of land that drains to a particular river.
(1) Drainage area of a lake or stream as: river basin (2) A naturally or an artificially enclosed harbor for small craft as: yacht basin.
1. The tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries, or which drains into a particular lake or area. 2. A circumscribed formation in which the strata dip inward from all sides to the centre; the stratified deposit, especially of coal, lying in such a depression. 3. An area of water limited in extent and nearly enclosed by structures alongside which vessels can lie. A non-tidal basin is one closed by caisson of gates to shut off from open water, so that a constant level of water can be maintained in it. Also called a ""wet dock"". A tidal basin is one without gates in which the level of the water rises and falls with the tide. Sometimes called an ""Open Basin"".
a tract of land drained by a river and its tributaries
A large circular or elliptical depressed area in a landscape.
Geographic land area draining into a lake or river; also referred to as drainage basin or watershed.
A tract of land drained by a surface water body or its tributaries.
A region drained by a single river system.
A surface area having drainage system consisting of a surface stream and its tributaries and impounded bodies of water. It is also called a "Drainage Basin".
A large, 200 km, circular depression from the explosive impact of an asteroid or similar sized body on a planet surface, usually rimmed by mountains.
An enclosed area or topographic depression that facilitates the accumulation of water and/or sediment
A low-lying area used to collect water or other fluids.
A tract of land in which the ground is broadly tilted toward a common point. Water that falls onto any portion of the basin is carried toward the common point by a single river system.
A segment of the earth's crust which has downwarped, and in which sediments have accumulated; such as areas may contain hydrocarbons.
a large watershed, often associated with major rivers.
A low area on the earth's crust where sediments have accumulated. These sediments may be consolidated or unconsolidated.
drainage area of a stream, river, or lake
A circular, synclinelike depression of strata that dips radically toward a central point.
A cup-shaped area on a large scale- usually at the beginning of a stream. Also the whole area that catches the water feeding the water body- can be synonymous with watershed.
The region in an larger basin of outcomes to which a set of initial conditions (causes) drives a system or set of similar systems. A system is said to be 'attracted' to that region, hence the pattern of nonlinear dynamics seen in such a basin is called an attractor. Image a saucer inside which spins a marble. The path of the marble is the attractor; the whole region is the basin. Since the path is a nonlinear function of key parameters, that area can be considered a causal basin. There can be n number of such basins/attractors in a larger outcome field.
the entire land area drained by a lake. Any pollution that occurs in a basin, even if it occurs far away from the lake itself, can eventually wind up in the lake. Also known as a watershed.
A Basin is a depression or low area in the earth’s crust which has filled with sediments. A Sub-Basin is a smaller indentation which has formed within the overall depression.
Refers to a drainage basin. A region or area bounded by a drainage divide and occupied by a drainage system. Specifically, an area that gathers water originating as precipitation and contributes it to a particular stream channel or system of channels. Synonym: watershed.
A large submarine DEPRESSION of a generally circular, elliptical or oval shape.
A physiographic region bounded by a drainage divide; consists of a drainage system comprised of streams and often natural or man-made lakes. (Also called drainage basin or watershed.)
A hydrologic unit consisting of a part of the surface of the earth covered by a drainage system consisting of a surface stream or body of impounded surface water plus all tributaries.
The area that surrounds the body of water and drains into that body of water.
n. Any large depression in which sediments are deposited.
a depression more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent BSNU
a water catchment area, including rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, etc.
a large area of lower elevation than surrounding areas.
(1) The surface of the area tributary to a stream or lake. (2) Space above or below ground capable of retaining or detaining water or debris.
The major drainage area in which a measuring site is located.
A segment or portion of a larger watershed area, based on the natural water drainage pattern.
natural depression or relatively low area enclosed by higher land (amphitheater, cirque, pit, sink).
A depression in the earth’s crust in which sedimentary materials have accumulated over millions of years. Basins may contain oil or gas reservoirs. Much of the production of gas and oil in the United States come from basins, such as the Appalachian Basin, the Permian Basin, the Los Angeles Basin or the San Joaquin Valley Basin. go back
the surrounding land that drains into a water body. For Lake Champlain, the land that drains through the many rivers and their tributaries into the Lake itself.
a dip in the earth’s crust usually filled or being filled with sediment. It is a basic concept in petroleum geology.
A large or small depression in the surface of the land or in the ocean floor.
The area drained by a major river and its tributaries. (See also: catchment)
A depression of large size, which maybe of structural or erosional origin
The area of land that contributes runoff from precipitation to a particular stream or river.
The entire watershed where water flows toward a certain river or lake. Tar Creek is a part of the Neosho River basin.
An extensive depressed area into which the adjacent land drains.