See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

BASIN, or BASON (the older See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form bacin is found in many of the Romanic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, from the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)  , a See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel for holding liquids . Hence the See also:

• TERM

term has various technical uses, as of a See also:

• DOCK

dock constructed with See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood-See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates in a tidal-See also:

• RIVER

river, or of a widening in a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal for unloading See also:

• BARGES

barges; also, in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, of the drainage See also:

• AREA

area of a river and its tributaries . In See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, " See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin " is See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to a broad shallow syncline, i.e. it is a structure proper to the See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district covered by the term; it must not be confused with the physiographic river basin, although it occasionally happens that the two coincide to some extent . Some of the better known See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological basins in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England are, the See also:

• LONDON

London basin, a shallow trough orsyncline of See also:

• TERTIARY

Tertiary, Cretaceous and See also:

• JURASSIC

Jurassic rocks; the See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire basin, of similar formations; and the numerous See also:

• COAL

coal basins, e.g. the S . See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales coalfield, the See also:

• FOREST

Forest of See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean, N . See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire coalfield, &c . The See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris basin is made of strata similar to those in the London and Hampshire basins . Strictly speaking, a structural basin is formed of rock beds which exhibit a centroclinal See also:

• DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")

dip; an elongated narrow syncline or trough is not a basin . " Rock-basins " are comparatively small, steep-sided depressions that have been scooped out of the solid rock in mountainous regions, mainly through the agency of glaciers (see See also:

• CIRQUE (Lat. circus, ring)

CIRQUE) . Lakes sometimes occupy basins that have been caused by the removal in See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of some of the more soluble constituents (rock See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt, &c.) in the underlying strata; occasion-ally See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake basins have been formed directly by crustal movements .