basin

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Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Moldova imposed a 15-day state of alert in the Dniester river basin on Monday as a precaution.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

One of Turkey's largest thermal power facilities, the plant generates 2,795 megawatts of power from highly polluting lignite, or brown coal, mined in the Afsin‑Elbistan basin that holds 40 percent of the country's reserves.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

By the end of 2024, Junglekeepers had purchased more than 110,000 acres of rainforest, one-third of the original forest in the Las Piedras basin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

It was a super position, and I began working my way along the shelf until I was directly above the big empty silver basin they were going to pour the soup into.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl