Oceanic basin can also refer to the A watershed or catchment basin is the region of land that drains into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean. Rain that falls anywhere within a given body of waters watershed will eventually drain into that body of water. A map of the...
river basins flowing into an ocean.
An oceanic basin is a large, low-lying : Timeline of underwater technology References Dueker, C. W. 1970, Medical aspects of sport diving. A.S. Barnes and Co., New York. 232 pp. The Briny Deep – Oceanography notes at San Jose State University. Categories: Diving ...
underwater area in an Ocean (Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek Travel on the surface of the ocean through the use of boats dates back to prehistoric times, but only in modern times has extensive underwater travel become possible. The deepest point in the ocean is the Mariana Trench located in...
ocean. Major basins include:
A drainage basin (also known in North America as a watershed) is a region of land where water from rain or snowmelt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean.
Each drainage basin is separated topographically from adjacent basins by a ridge, hill or mountain, which is known as a water divide or sometimes a watershed (in those parts of the world where the drainage basin itself is not called a watershed).
In hydrology, the drainage basin is a logical unit of focus for studying the movement of water within the hydrologic cycle, because the majority of water that discharges from the basin outlet originated as precipitation falling on the basin.
Continents and oceanbasins tend to be antipodal, or diametrically opposed to one another, i.e., continents are found on the opposite side of the earth from oceanbasins.
Ocean water itself could prove to be a limitless source of energy in the event that nuclear fusion reactors are developed, since the oceans contain great quantities of deuterium.
Ocean pollution, meantime, has escalated dramatically as those who use the oceans for recreational and commercial purposes, as well as those who live nearby, have disposed of more and more wastes there (see water pollution).
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