basin

Example Sentences

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They give us copper basins filled with fresh water.

From Literature

In the negotiations, the three downstream or lower basin states — California, Arizona and Nevada — are at odds with the four states in the river’s upper basin — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

U.S. shale companies have at times faced a dilemma between spreading across several basins or concentrating their efforts in just one region, especially as they have begun to run out of sweet spots.

From The Wall Street Journal

They include the rainforests of the Amazon and the Congo basin, the boreal forests of Russia and Canada, the coral reefs and mangroves of South East Asia, and the Himalayas.

From BBC

So I headed into the tiny back room and began scrubbing my face and arms at the water basin.

From Literature