simple past tense and past participle of basin

present participle of basin

present participle of basin

plural of river basin

(geography) An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.

A large arid area of the western United States of America.

plural of drainage basin

(mathematics, physics) Informally, a set of points from which a dynamical system spontaneously moves to a particular attractor.

(dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is impossible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom.

A depression in the ground designed to fill with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding