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 Translation for 'basin' from English to French
NOUN   a basin | basins
SYNO basin | basinful | catchment area | ...
géogr.
bassin {m}
basin
3
cuvette {f}basin
bassine {f} [gros récipient]basin
cuis.
bol {m}
basin [bowl]
vasque {f}basin [of sink]
2 Words
géogr.
bassin {m} amazonien
Amazon Basin
géogr.
bassin {m} de l'Amazone
Amazon Basin
hydro.
bassin {m} versant
catchment basin
minér.mines
bassin {m} houiller
coal basin
hydro.
bassin {m} versant
drainage basin
géogr.hydro.
bassin {m} hydrographique
drainage basin [Br.]
géogr.hydro.
endoréisme {m}
endoreic basin
géogr.hydro.
endoréisme {m}
endorheic basin
géogr.hydro.
endoréisme {m}
endorreic basin
nucl.
bassin {m} de retenue
holding basin
géol.
rade {f} [d'un lac]
lake basin
géogr.géol.naut.
bassin {m} océanique
ocean basin
hydro.
bassin {m} fluvial
river basin
géogr.
bassin {m} du Tarim
Tarim Basin
lavabo {m}wash basin
3 Words
géogr.
Grand Bassin {m} des États-Unis [désert de l'ouest des États-Unis]
Great Basin Desert
4 Words
bassin {m} de fontainebasin of a fountain
22 translations
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Usage Examples English
  • The Central Asian Internal Drainage Basin or Central Asian Inland Basin is the largest of 3 major hydrological basins that cover Mongolia (cf. ...
  • The basin is divided into three sub-divisions: "Liptovská kotlina" (Liptov Basin), "Popradská kotlina" (Poprad Basin) and "Tatranské predhorie", also called "podhorie" (Tatra Piedmont).
  • Mira basin borders Sado River basin at north and Guadiana River basin eastwards.
  • Shahrud is located in the Damghan basin, a sub-basin of the Kavir basin which also contains the Great Salt Desert.
  • Its basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the lower Volga basin immediately to the east, and the Oka basin (tributary of the Volga) to the north.

  • To the northeast of Zucchius is the Schiller-Zucchius Basin, a Pre-Nectarian basin (peak ring basin).
  • The Val Verde Basin is a marginal foreland basin located in West Texas, just southeast of the Midland Basin.
  • A number of geologists consider Cura-Mallín Basin, the sedimentary basin where the formation deposited, an extensional basin that developed on the western fringes of the much larger Neuquén Basin, while others consider it a back-arc basin.
  • The Galilee Basin is a large inland geological basin in the western Queensland region of Australia.
  • Its basins include the Mexico Basin, the Cayman Trough, the Yucatan Basin, the Columbian Basin, the Venezuelan basin and the Grenada basin.

  • Other terms that are used to describe a drainage basin are catchment, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin and watershed.
  • The range drains into both the Bremer River Basin (sub-basin of Brisbane River Basin) and via Teviot Brook into the Logan River Basin (sub-basin of Logan-Albert River Basin).
  • The circular basin and wall are concrete; the low basin rim has sculptures of turtles. Blue ceramic tiles line the fountain basin.
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