BSN file format description

Many people share .bsn files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .bsn file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .bsn files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.bsn - SWAT Basin Input Data

The BSN data files are related to SWAT. BSN file is a SWAT Basin Input Data. SWAT (Soil Water Assessment Tool) is an hydrology model with the following components: Weather, surface runoff, return flow, percolation, evapotranspiration, transmission losses, pond and reservoir storage, crop growth and irrigation, groundwater flow, reach routing, nutrient and pesticide loading, water transfer.

Application:

SWAT

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

SWAT Basin Input Data related extensions:

.bsb: SWAT Sub-basin Output Data
.cio: SWAT Master Watershed Data
.gw: SWAT Groundwater Input Data
.hru: SWAT HRU Data
.lwq: SWAT Lake Water Quality Input Data
.rch: SWAT Reach Output Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .bsn file extension. Even harmful programs can create .bsn files. Be especially cautious with .bsn files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .bsn file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.bsn

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .bsn file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

bcn, ben, bn, bns, bs, bsb, bsg, bsh, bsj, bsm, bzn, fsn, gsn, hsn, sbn

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.bsb: NOAA Nautical Charts
.bsm: Bioshock Map Data
.bsb: Xilinx Base System Builder Playback File
.bzn: Star Trek: Armada Game Map
.bsb: SWAT Sub-basin Output Data
.fsn: Greeting Card Factory Document

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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