basin
Example Sentences
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You’ve heard these words without maybe giving them another thought: the Los Angeles basin.
From Los Angeles Times
The WWF environmental group warned that any spill could cause long-lasting pollution in the area, among the most biodiverse in the Mediterranean basin.
From Barron's
Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.
From Science Daily
In Arizona, parts of the Phoenix and Tucson areas have boosted groundwater by routing Colorado River water to basins carved into the desert, where it sinks underground.
From Los Angeles Times
The Coast Guard Island in San Francisco’s Bay Area “houses Pacific Area Command, the headquarters directing all Coast Guard operations across the Pacific basin,” which “depends on Bay Area refinery and terminal infrastructure.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
