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  • 1basin —    Hydrogeographic unit receiving precipitation and discharging runoff in one point [16] …

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  • 2Columbia Basin Project — The Columbia Basin Irrigation Project The Columbia Basin Project (or CBP) in Central Washington, USA, is the irrigation network that the Grand Coulee Dam makes possible. It is the largest water reclamation project in the United States, supplying… …

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  • 3Drainage basin — Example of a drainage basin. The dashed line is the main water divide of the hydrographic basin A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit… …

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  • 4Endorheic basin — NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin Endorheic basin showing waterflo …

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  • 5Harney Basin — Coordinates: 43°15′14″N 118°42′54″W / 43.25389°N 118.715°W / 43.25389; 118.715 …

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  • 6Retention basin — Trounce Pond, a retention basin landscaped with natural grassland plants, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada …

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  • 7Okanagan basin water board — Okanagan Basin Water BoardThe [http://www.obwb.ca/structure governance/ Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB)] is a unique form of inter regional government established in 1969 under the BC Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act through… …

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  • 8Bighorn Basin — The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles (160 km) wide, in north central Wyoming in the United States. It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl… …

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  • 9Arctic Basin Marine — The Arctic Basin is a Canadian marine ecozone encompassing the northwestern areas of waters on the Arctic continental shelf. It is bitterly cold and permanently covered in ice. Polar nights and the midnight sun may last months in this region,… …

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  • 10Kuznetsk Coal Basin — ▪ region, Russia byname  Kuzbass,  Russian  Kuznetsky Ugolny Basseyn,         one of the largest producing coalfields of (coal mining) Russia, in Kemerovo oblast (province), south central Russia. It lies in the basin of the Tom River between the… …

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