sedimentary basin

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sedimentary basin (plural sedimentary basins)

  1. (geology) A geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.
  • drainage basin
  • endoreic basin
  • geographic basin
  • geologic basin
  • marine basin
  • oceanic basin

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