Tag:landuse=basin
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 landuse = basin
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An area of land artificially graded to hold water. 
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An area of land artificially graded to hold water. Note that this definition includes also structures typically without water. Usually these features are made for man made water courses e.g. storm water, water treatment.
It is treated as synonymous to natural=water in many renderings, including JOSM editor.
Tags
Applies to nodes and areas.
Tags used in combination
- name=<name of the basin>
- basin=* refines the type of the basin:
- basin=infiltration — An
infiltration basin catches storm water and allows it to seep into an aquifer. - basin=detention — A detention basin catches storm water and allows it to drain slowly into natural waterways.
- basin=retention — A retention basin catches storm water and retains it, forming an artificial pond.
- basin=infiltration — An
- natural=water If it typically contains water.
- intermittent=yes If the presence of water is intermittent.
- seasonal=* If the presence of water is seasonal.
See also
- natural=water + water=reservoir where the water holding is formed by a dam and natural valley or depression.
- natural=wetland
- waterway=dam
- waterway=weir
- amenity=kneipp_water_cure
- landuse=pond (deprecated)
Possible Tagging Mistakes
Do not use this tag for land form (natural) basins e.g. the Amazon Basin. There are no tags (yet, 2018) in OSM for mapping such features.
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
