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basin

[bey-suhn] / ˈbeɪ sən /


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Harbor resonance, in which the shape of a basin reinforces the water's oscillations, helped explain why neighboring ports experienced different effects.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 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 treaty governs the use of water from six rivers, whose headwaters originate in India but flow into Pakistan as part of the Indus basin -- a resource relied on by hundreds of millions.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

In summer, the area is frequently affected by the Washoe Zephyr, a gusty afternoon wind that descends from the Sierra Nevada mountains in the west, blowing across the high desert basin around Reno.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The pilot pitches the nose of the seabird up from the reservoir basin and together they soar.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The move follows a broader consolidation wave across Western Canada as energy companies move to secure long-term drilling locations in oil-rich basins.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 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

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

But when the salt company shuttered in 2013, the pumping that maintained the basins stopped, endangering the environment the birds have come to rely on.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Then he and Boori Ma carried the basins all the way up to the third floor.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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