basins
Depressions holding water
Basins is the plural of basin, a wide shallow container for holding liquid—a sink basin, a mixing basin.
The word extends to natural depressions that collect water: river basins, drainage basins, the Great Basin of the American West.
Ocean basins are the vast depressions holding seawater.
A basin can also be a sheltered area of water for mooring boats: yacht basins along the coast.
Basin with drain
- faucetValve controlling water flow
- drainChannel for wastewater
- pedestalSupport for statuary
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
overflow · stopper · tap · P-trap · porcelain · ceramic · countertop · undermount
Drainage area boundary
- drainageLiquid removal system
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- depressionProlonged low state
- valleyLow ground between heights
hollow · sedimentary · floodplain · aquifer · tributary · delta · estuary · lowland
sink
Basin with drain
vanity · overflow · stopper · tap · P-trap · porcelain · ceramic · countertop · undermount · vessel sink
watershed
Drainage area boundary
- drainageLiquid removal system
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- depressionProlonged low state
valley · hollow · sedimentary · floodplain · aquifer · tributary · delta · estuary · lowland · tectonic
bowl
Concave food container
- washbowlBasin for bathing
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- receptacleContainer for items
font · ewer · pitcher · birdbath · baptismal · finger bowl · ablution · tub · pan · chamberpot
- Islamic metalworkbrass bowls, brassware, copper vessels, ewers, incense burners
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
- water bodiessea, lakes, lake, rivers, streams
- earth scienceatmosphere, earthquake, geology, volcano, crust
basinsdivides
Separates into parts
watersheds · ridgelines · continental divides · headwaters · sources
- Amazon basinLargest drainage area globally
- river basinLand draining to one waterway
- wash basinFixed vessel for washing
- drainage basinsAreas draining to one point
- catch basinGrated pit collecting runoff
- infiltration basinsDepressions allowing water percolation
basin, washbasin, basinful, washbasins, river basin, drainage basin, handbasin