Paris Basin

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geological region sedimentary basin

The Paris Basin is a large sedimentary basin in northern France known for its gently rolling plains, fertile agricultural land, and significant geological and paleontological formations.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Paris Basin canonical 22
eastern Paris Basin 2
Anglo-Paris Basin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
borderedBy Ardennes Forest ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes

Morvan Massif ⓘ
surface form: Armorican Massif

Ardennes-Eifel region ⓘ
surface form: Belgian highlands

Massif Central ⓘ
Vosges Mountains ⓘ
climate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
containsRockUnitsFrom Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Neogene ⓘ
Paleogene ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dominantLandUse arable farming ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
drainedBy Loire ⓘ
surface form: Loire River

Marne ⓘ
surface form: Marne River

Oise River ⓘ
River Seine ⓘ
surface form: Seine River

Somme River ⓘ
geologicalEra Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Mesozoic
hasCapitalCity Paris ⓘ
hasCharacteristic broad lowlands ⓘ
gently dipping sedimentary strata ⓘ
gently rolling plains ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
hasResource groundwater aquifers ⓘ
gypsum ⓘ
hydrocarbons ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
hasStratigraphicFeature Parisian limestone formations ⓘ
chalk formations ⓘ
hasSubregion Beauce ⓘ
Brie ⓘ
Champagne province ⓘ
surface form: Champagne plain

Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
knownFor building stone quarries ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ
important sedimentary sequences ⓘ
oil and gas fields ⓘ
significant paleontological sites ⓘ
locatedIn northern France ⓘ
namedAfter Paris ⓘ
partOf Western Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massif Central → separates → Paris Basin ⓘ
Meuse → locatedIn → Paris Basin ⓘ
Gagny → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Alexandre Brongniart → workLocation → Paris Basin ⓘ
Langres Plateau → partOf → Paris Basin ⓘ
Langres Plateau → separates → Paris Basin ⓘ
London Basin → partOf → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Paris Basin
Vigneux-sur-Seine → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Avon, Seine-et-Marne → locatedIn → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bassin Parisien (Paris Basin)
Paris–Clermont-Ferrand → connectsRegion → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paris basin
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin → region → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Île-de-France basin
Description géologique des environs de Paris → mainSubject → Paris Basin ⓘ
Seine inland waterway → connectsRegion → Paris Basin ⓘ
Puteaux → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Château-Salins → locatedIn → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Paris Basin
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Viarmes → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Villeneuve-la-Garenne → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Beauce → partOf → Paris Basin ⓘ
Commune of Rosny-sous-Bois → locatedOn → Paris Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Rosny-sous-Bois
Orléanais → partOf → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bassin Parisien
Vulaines-sur-Seine → locatedIn → Paris Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Paris Basin
L’Île-Saint-Denis → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Compans → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Moussy-le-Neuf → locatedInBasin → Paris Basin ⓘ
Rémarde (river) → locatedIn → Paris Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Rémarde
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse → locatedInGeographicalRegion → Paris Basin ⓘ
Armorican Massif → boundedBy → Paris Basin ⓘ
Vienne → crossesGeologicalRegion → Paris Basin ⓘ