Basin

Basin

The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is "a depression, in the sea floor, more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent."

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Earth science; Physical oceanography

The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a depression, in the sea floor, more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent.”

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Any large depression in which sediments are deposited.

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A synclinal structure, roughly circular in its outcrop pattern, in which beds dip gently toward the center from all directions.

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Lowest part of a floodplain landscape, usually saucer-shaped.

basin

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A topographic rock structure whose shape is concave downwards.

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