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Sydney Basin

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geological region sedimentary basin structural basin

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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Statements (47)

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 → 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 NERFINISHED → 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 →
partOf	eastern Australia →
primaryLithology	coal → conglomerate → sandstone → shale → siltstone →
tectonicSetting	passive margin basin →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Georges River → Parramatta River via Sydney Harbour →	partOf
Thirlmere Lakes National Park ("south‑western Sydney basin") → Tuggerah Lake ("Hunter–Central Coast basin") →	region
Yengo National Park ("Sydney Basin bioregion") →	biogeographicRegion
Kanangra-Boyd National Park ("Sydney Basin bioregion") →	bioregion
Main Southern railway line →	connectsRegion
Darug people →	culturalRegion
Megalong Valley →	geologicalContext
Pages River ("Sydney Basin bioregion") →	locatedInBioregion