All articles starting with B

Bas-Sassandra (district)

Bas-Sassandra (District Autonome du Bas-Sassandra) is an autonomous district of southwest Côte d'Ivoire, with its capital at San-Pedro, whose port is the world's largest cocoa terminal.

Bas-Sassandra, autonomous district of southwest Côte d'Ivoire (formerly a region), capital San-Pedro; 28,000 km², over 2.5 million people (RGPH 2021); home to the world's largest cocoa terminal, the Port of San-Pedro, and Taï National Park.

Basa (fish)

Basa (Pangasius bocourti) is a Mekong-basin shark catfish farmed in Vietnam and sold as a mild white fish; often confused with swai (P. hypophthalmus), which US law bars from the catfish label.

Sep 19, 2026

Basa (Sudan)

Basa is a Meroitic archaeological site in the Butana steppe of Sudan, with a temple of the lion-headed god Apedemak and a large rain reservoir.

Oct 22, 2026

Basain

Basain (बसाइँ) is a 1957 Nepali novel by Lil Bahadur Chettri, a work of social realism about a poor farmer forced from his ancestral home.

Başakşehir

Başakşehir, Istanbul district on the European side, established 6 March 2008 from Küçükçekmece, Esenler, and Büyükçekmece parts; home of Paleolithic Yarımburgaz Cave; population about 510,000 by 2023.

Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium

Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, home of İstanbul Başakşehir FK in Istanbul, opened 26 July 2014; capacity 17,319 (TFF lists 17,067), TRY 178 million cost, LEED-certified, named after Fatih Terim.

Basal (phylogenetics)

Basal (phylogenetics): a term for positions near the root of an evolutionary tree, also called early diverging. Correctly limited to basal nodes, branches, and clades; applying it to extant species-poor sister groups is a documented misinterpretation.

Basal body temperature

Basal body temperature (BBT) is the resting body temperature used in fertility awareness; progesterone raises it 0.5-1 degree F after ovulation, but it confirms ovulation only after it occurs, limiting contraceptive effectiveness.

Basal cell of epidermis

A basal cell of the epidermis is a keratinocyte in the stratum basale, the innermost epidermal layer on the basement membrane, whose divisions supply all differentiated skin cells.

Basal ganglia

Basal ganglia (basal nuclei): interconnected subcortical brain nuclei (caudate, putamen, globus pallidus, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra) that modulate voluntary movement via direct and indirect striatal pathways; dysfunction causes Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, and dystonia.

Basal metabolic rate

Basal metabolic rate, also called basal metabolism, is the rate of energy use by an organism at complete rest, measured after an overnight fast in thermoneutral conditions.

Oct 15, 2026

Basal sliding

Basal sliding is the movement of glacier ice over its bed, controlled by water pressure at the base and one of three processes of glacier motion.

Basal-cell carcinoma

Basal cell carcinoma of skin (BCC), also called basal cell cancer, is the most common skin cancer, arising in the lower epidermis, driven by Hedgehog pathway mutations and UV exposure, rarely metastasizing, treated mainly by excision or Mohs surgery.

Basalt

Basalt, or basaltic rock, is a dark, fine-grained volcanic igneous rock with 45 to 53 percent silica that forms most lava flows and the oceanic crust.

Oct 15, 2026

Basalt fiber

Basalt fiber is an inorganic fiber made by melting volcanic basalt rock and drawing it into filaments, offering strength between E-glass and carbon fiber at lower cost.

Basalt Infrastructure Partners

Basalt Infrastructure Partners, formerly Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners, is a mid-market infrastructure private equity firm founded in 2011, based in London and New York.

Basan (crater on Iapetus)

Basan is a 76-km-wide impact crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus at 33.3°N, 194.7°W, IAU-approved in 1982 and named for a French baron in the Song of Roland murdered while ambassador of Marsilion.

Sep 19, 2026

Basant Maheshwari

Basant Maheshwari (बसंत महेश्वरी) is a Kolkata-based equity investor, author of the 2014 book The Thoughtful Investor, and co-founder of Basant Maheshwari Wealth Advisers LLP.

Sep 19, 2026

Basant Maheshwari Wealth Advisers LLP

Basant Maheshwari Wealth Advisers LLP is a Kolkata-based equity investment firm co-founded by Basant Maheshwari and Shalu Mehra in 2016, running a concentrated stock portfolio.

Basant Soren

Basant Soren is an Indian politician representing Dumka (ST). He is the youngest son of Shibu Soren and served as a minister in the state government in 2024.

Basanta Tilaka Rasa

Basanta Tilaka Rasa (Vasantatilaka Rasa, बसन्त तिलक रस) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa shastra formulation of bhasmas, mercury, and herbs, dosed 125–250 mg twice daily per the Ayurvedic Formulary of India for fever, cough, asthma, anemia, and heart disease.

Basara (manga)

Basara (バサラ) is Yumi Tamura's post-apocalyptic shōjo manga, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic 1990-1998 in 27 volumes, winner of the 1993 Shogakukan Manga Award; Sarasa leads a rebellion as her dead twin against the Red King Shuri, with Viz English and Kana French editions.