Basin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002836",
  "term": "Basin",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An area of land that drains into a particular river, lake, bay or other body of water. Also called a watershed.\n\n2. Natural depression or relatively low area enclosed by higher land.\n\n3. A depression in the Earth's surface that collects sediment.\n\n4. Geologic provinces as defined by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Geologic Note: AAPG-CSD Geologic Provinces Code Map: AAPG Bulletin, Prepared by Richard F. Meyer, Laure G. Wallace, and Fred J. Wagner, Jr., Volume 75, Number 10 (October 1991) (incorporated by reference, see § 98.7) and the Alaska Geological Province Boundary Map, Compiled by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Committee on Statistics of Drilling in Cooperation with the USGS, 1978 (incorporated by reference, see § 98.7).",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "see_also": [
    "Watershed"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "USGS Geographic Names Information System at http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic",
    "USGS Geology in the Parks Glossary",
    "40 CFR 98.238 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/basin/"
}