basin
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The sedimentary basin beneath Tillamook could add another source of amplification.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
“We continue to see a prolonged drought in our future. So continuing to work together as a whole within the basin is going to be extremely important.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Under the new federal plan, the lower basin could have to cut consumption by up to 40% from allotted levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" -- an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
She swept three dead flies from the sill into the basin.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
In these basins, soft sediments can behave like a "bowl of jello."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The largest losses occurred in heavily populated downstream basins where irrigation demands are high, including the Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus and Amu Darya basins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Before the full-scale war, her small business made outdoor furniture and ornaments such as benches, flower pots and wash basins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Communities in the western Hill Country region should prepare for the possibility of flash floods with catastrophic river flooding possible in the Nueces, Frio and Medina river basins, the weather service said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
In his excitement on his way home through the plumbing district, Mr. Dalai had bought two basins.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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