Sydney Basin

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The Sydney Basin is a large geological and metropolitan region in New South Wales, Australia, encompassing the greater Sydney area and surrounding lowlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region
sedimentary basin
structural basin
borders Great Dividing Range
Tasman Sea
contains Blue Mountains foothills
Greater Sydney
Hunter region lowlands
Illawarra coastal plain
linked to: Illawarra

Sydney
containsProtectedArea Blue Mountains National Park
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Royal National Park
country Australia
depositionalEnvironment deltaic
fluvial
marine
drainedBy Georges River
Hawkesbury River
Hunter River
Nepean River
geologicalAge Permian
Triassic
hasFormation Hawkesbury Sandstone
Illawarra Coal Measures
Narrabeen Group
Newcastle Coal Measures
Tomago Coal Measures
Wianamatta Group
hasMajorCity Newcastle, New South Wales
Sydney
Wollongong
hasResource coal
groundwater aquifers
knownFor coastal plateaus
extensive coal mining history
steep sandstone cliffs
locatedIn New South Wales
overlies Lachlan Fold Belt
New England Fold Belt
linked to: New England Range
partOf eastern Australia
primaryLithology coal
conglomerate
sandstone
shale
siltstone
tectonicSetting passive margin basin

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Kanangra-Boyd National Park bioregion Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Georges River partOf Sydney Basin
Tuggerah Lake region Hunter–Central Coast basin
linked to: Sydney Basin
Thirlmere Lakes National Park region south‑western Sydney basin
linked to: Sydney Basin
Darug people culturalRegion Sydney Basin
Yengo National Park biogeographicRegion Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Megalong Valley geologicalContext Sydney Basin
Pages River locatedInBioregion Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Mount Royal National Park bioregion Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Silverwater locatedInBasin Sydney Basin
Kanangra Plateau partOf Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Hawkesbury Sandstone partOf Sydney Basin
Narrabeen Group locatedIn Sydney Basin
Narrabeen Group partOf Sydney Basin sedimentary sequence
linked to: Sydney Basin
Narrabeen Group basin Sydney Basin
Wianamatta Group partOf Sydney Basin
Wianamatta Group basin Sydney Basin
Illawarra Coal Measures partOf Sydney Basin
Illawarra Coal Measures partOf Sydney-Gunnedah-Bowen Basin system
linked to: Sydney Basin
Newcastle Coal Measures partOf Sydney Basin
Tomago Coal Measures locatedIn Sydney Basin
Tomago Coal Measures basin Sydney Basin
Cumberland Plain partOf Sydney Basin
Cumberland Plain geologicalBasin Sydney Basin
Cumberland Plain bioregion Sydney Basin Bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Darug language traditionalTerritory Sydney Basin
Boora clan hasCulturalRegion Sydney Basin
Yarramundi region Sydney Basin
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park partOf Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Mount Yengo withinIBRARegion Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Dharuk people traditionalTerritory Sydney Basin
Ruined Castle walking track locatedInIBRARegion Sydney Basin bioregion
linked to: Sydney Basin
Burragorang Valley locatedIn Sydney Basin
Nepean River flowsThrough Sydney Basin