English Explanatory Dictionary

sedimentary basin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A geologic structure, a basin (“bowl, depression, hole”) in harder rock that is filled-in with sediments.

Word forms

sedimentary basin sedimentary basins

Related words

drainage basin endoreic basin geographic basin geologic basin marine basin oceanic basin

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