basin

Each El Niño of yore that put this broad basin underwater had a different character because each cut loose on an evolving L.A., a place altered in part by floods and changed because of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

History has already shown the Trishuli River basin to be volatile, Thakkar says, pointing to how it had been hit by floods in the last two years.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The sedimentary basin beneath Tillamook could add another source of amplification.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The water emerging from the mine is trapped in a basin where ochre-colored deposits, typical of acid mine drainage, are visible.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

"I am feeling sick even thinking about them! Fetch me a basin!"

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

New dams and debris basins turned the vast natural waterways and springs and creeks of old L.A. into a chutes-and-ladders system to divert and hold back water and mud, before the next time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Central Water Commission is monitoring 2,485 glacial lakes larger than 10 hectares across India's Himalayan river basins, the government said.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The findings suggest that although volcanic eruptions can temporarily interrupt the connection between the two ocean basins, the modern breakdown appears to be driven by a different force.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Records tumbled in overheated basins like the Atlantic and Mediterranean and also the tropical Pacific, where the strongest El Nino weather pattern in the modern era is fast accumulating strength.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The argument between Mr. and Mrs. Dalai was still more or less in effect early the next morning, when a barefoot team of workmen came to install the basins.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri