basin
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Indonesia experiences frequent earthquakes due to its 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. 17, 2026
Lower basin states have objected, including Arizona, which would be hardest hit because of its lower rights to the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Each of the riders covers upward of 30 miles a day to treat every catch basin in the city’s urban and suburban areas, about 75,000 total, over the course of a month.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
North Wales and the Upper Severn river basin entered drought conditions last week, Natural Resources Wales said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Even now she longed for a washcloth, a basin of hot water, and some strong soap, so she could give herself a proper scrubbing.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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
The absence of sediment across that roughly 2,000-year period indicates that water no longer covered parts of the lake basins.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Infrastructure in the highly populated basins of major European rivers such as the Danube, the Rhine and the Volga is projected to be exposed to significant flooding, said UNECE.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
This installation stages basins filled with floating ceramic bowls, which drift and collide in an improvised soundscape that takes its title from the term for the random movement of atoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Village women, marching with giant plastic basins balanced on their heads, parted as we rolled past.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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"Of Mice and Men"
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