Basin, The is an 8-foot waterfall on Pemigewasset River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 8.2 miles southwest of Deerfield and roughly 77.9 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is on the modest side for New Hampshire, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 110th of 115. By form it is a punchbowl, where the water is forced through a narrow gap into a large pool.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools. Pemigewasset River carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
Grafton County holds 98 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cascade Brook Falls, a 240-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Kinsman Falls, a 20-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Baby Flume, The, a 5-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away.
Basin, The is located at 44.1222° N, 71.6838° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.